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“Careful.”
“Did Aurora break your ulna?” Nino asked calmly as if the situation wasn’t about to detonate. Considering how pissed both Alessio and Massimo were, I was surprised they hadn’t run to their dad and snitched on me.
“You think she could?”
“If you mean mentally? Most people are capable of violence if given the right incentive, and you’re very adept at bringing people to the brink. From a physical standpoint, she obviously wouldn’t stand a chance against you, but in the right situation, Kiara could injure me.”
I didn’t like the comparison. It lacked a comparable basis, which was really not Nino’s style.
“You would die before you’d ever hurt Kiara.”
Nino motioned to my bandage. “How’s the arm?”
Dad, who’d been listening closely, tugged at my shirt, bringing my attention back to him. “You wouldn’t hurt a member of this family, and I count Fabiano’s family in it.”
Good thing that we weren’t related by blood…
I didn’t miss the slightest hint of uncertainty in his voice, and I had to admit it stung.
Though I had no reason to get my fucking boxers in a bunch. After all, Ihadhurt Aurora.
“Not on purpose,” I admitted, as honest as I rarely was.
Dad released me and jerked to his feet. He drew in a deep breath through his nose. His rage filled the room. Many people thought I was a carbon copy of Dad, and while physically that might be close to the truth, I was far more unhinged than he was.
“You’ll tell me what you did, or I swear on this family that I’ll get it out of you by whatever means necessary,” he snarled. My gaze dropped to the curved knife at his waist. I’d often wondered how its blade would feel, how I would measure up against Dad’s or Nino’s talent. How would it feel to bathe in my own blood for once?
“I always feared how my genes would come to play in a child, and you surpassed every fear I had.”
My heart briefly throbbed harder, but I simply shrugged in reaction to Dad’s words. I didn’t need reminding that I had inherited every ounce of darkness he harbored.
“Remo,” Nino said.
“You don’t have to side with me. His words don’t hurt me. Nothing does.”
“For you, I hope that one day you’ll see that’s not the case.” Dad turned to the door. “I can’t force the words out of you, but I can talk to Aurora. Her respect for me is too great. She’ll spill your secrets.”
I shoved to my feet. “You’ll stay the fuck away from her.”
“I’m Capo, and you’ll watch your mouth,” he growled.
I tried to stalk to Dad, ready for the next step. Nino gripped my injured arm tightly, and I ground to a halt with a snarl.
“You can spare Aurora a conversation if you tell your father what he wants to know.”
I ripped away from his hold. “It’s not in my nature to spare someone. Right, Dad?” I took a deep breath, my chest heaving. Silence filled the room. Dad and Nino simply looked at me. Fuck. I hated them sometimes. “I fucked Aurora at the last party, all right?”
Neither Nino nor Dad could hide their shock. I wasn’t sure why they were being preachy, especially Dad. He’d kidnapped Mom. My transgression was nowhere near as bad.
I could see a question in Dad’s eyes that stung worse than his knife ever could. I was a monster, and atrocities were dear to my heart, but when it came to Aurora, most of them weren’t on the menu. “I was stinking drunk. I could hardly walk, and I remember only bits and pieces from the night, but Aurora came to me. I didn’t force myself on her.”
“Then why the fuck is she fleeing Las Vegas as if the devil were after her?”
I hadn’t dwelled on the question so far. It was uncomfortable in a way I wasn’t familiar with. “She wanted something else from me, something I can’t give her or anyone.”
“You just wanted to fuck her, and she thought it was more.”
“I didn’t even realize it was her.” I didn’t mention the disgraceful way I ended the night. That was a part of my memories I hadn’t wanted back.
