Capo Dei Capi (Secrets of the Famiglia Part 1)

She brushes it off as her brown gaze glints when she stretches her mouth into a full-blown smile.

“Don’t give me that look, I had to leave the comfort of my home and drive all the way to Aliyana’s place then all the way here. I needed to be comfortable.” Anya flicks her hair back from her face and places her left hand on her waist.

“That doesn’t look remotely comfortable, I can see everything.” Deno grunts walking over to her, kissing her on the cheeks.

“Well, let’s just pretend we already had this conversation, and I won, shall we?” Anya surmises as Leonardo also goes around the table to greet her.

She comes to my chair and kisses my head as my brothers round the table. Deno heads for the cognac, and Leonardo goes for the wooden door that hides the fridge, pulling out the tonic for my sister’s drink.

She sits next to me, her golden skin shines in youth, as her hard glint eyes remain on mine.

“So, you found anything else out?” I question her.

“Aliyana was a wreck, as you can imagine I ran into Filippo and resisted digging his eyes out, I settled with a few words and I might’ve tried to un-man him.”

“Won’t be the first time.” Deno chuckles as he places her gin and tonic down on the table in front of her.

first. Gabriel decided to pop in, and her father left

any of them

didn’t tell me any

going to like this,” Vincent mutters from the

Sweet-cheeks. How're things on that side

Leonardo says, calling

word is greeting, dear brother. Now, where was I? Oh yes, Aliyana and the boys refused to answer me, so I got a bit creative and

us, Anya,” Deno says.

have threatened her a bit, but like they all

Leonardo asks her.

or her father, real or fake. Let’s just say

doesn’t help us,” Deno barks in

did mention something

Leonardo asks, getting up, walking closer to us.

said it is code that

are meeting me tonight,” Deno says.