Capo Dei Capi (Secrets of the Famiglia Part 1)
Chapter 27 (Marco)
“The Air,” I say as the memory of that morning with Ren flashes in my head.
“Her name is Dakota Larken now. He should get more with that. Are you ready for tonight?” Deno questions.
“They are, so we'll have to be. I’ll get our hacker on this stuff before we go. If there is something to be found linking Ren’s death to his girlfriend, we need to know. Ren could be the first target. I learned a long time ago the lengths people are willing to go for a brainy little girl.”
“Yes, the same brainy little girl. We can’t deny it no longer. Anya is digging. Our sister will open a can of deadly worms if she continues to do so. A new name doesn’t make someone different.”
“No, it does not, but it gives her a fighting chance. As for Anya, she will do no such thing. Our sister will be dealt with swiftly. She needs a little yanking. We made a pact to protect that girl and her sister,” I tell my brother.
His jaw ticks as his hard glare simmers through me, “We made a pact to protect our brother too.”
“Yes, but the difference is, Ren chose her a long time ago. He chose her knowing the consequences, you warned him, I warned him. Fuck, we even tried to force the issue.”
“What about us? We were warned, yet here we are having this conversation. What choice do we get, brother?”
I stare at Deno, seeing the mask of my brother falling with every tick of the clock as he stares at me, waiting for me to answer him, even knowing the answer I give him will not be the one he wants.
“We don't get those luxuries.”
I watch his jaw tick as he
better get to that
without me, I have a few things needing my attention.
Certainly
our protection. With his death, there are only 4 of us left who knows who she really is. And 1 of them happens to be her sister, who hasn’t
door for
to weigh me down physically as well as emotionally. My hands lift
girl he begged me to stay away from. He always knew Aliyana’s part in my plan, yet, even knowing it all, he chose
I was doing exactly what he didn’t want. The truth which weakens me at this moment is knowing all of this, I would do
sane because I wasn’t in the business of lying to myself. Aliyana is a young 19-year-old girl, and maybe she knows how to pull a trigger, but she's innocent when it comes to matters of desire and sex. A sane man would stay away
me. Then again, I live in a world where men marry a woman regardless of her age. My own father married
I forgot about him
rise from my weak position and walk toward the window, the lights of my city basking under the night sky. It glimmers,
can be taken, power is something that has to be earned by blood, intelligence, and sheer will. To survive in the 5th State, your armor needs to be impenetrable. Sartini Capello has made
believed Sartini's love for his
denial, or maybe survival, but she knew deep down there was more to his love for