Sergi nodded.“Da, I noted how he acted like he gets his way quite often.”
“Well, not this time,” Felix concluded.“And if I didn’t know better I would have thought you enjoyed that meeting just a tad too much, boss.”
“Hmm, you know what?”Sergi smirked.“I think I loved it.”
There was a smattering of chuckles in the room.
Sergi looked over at Bane.“What’s our next step?”
Bane stared back at him then replied, “I can’t tell you what to do, but I can tell you not to worry about Dominic.James and I will take care of him.You just worry about Partross and getting LaDonna back to stand before the High Council.And keep those armaments out of Killian’s hands.Secure them tight.”
Sergi nodded.“They are under guard now and Killian will be in custody soon.”
“Good.Make sure he tells LaDonna who the fuck he is.”Bane growled.“I don’t want him to use my name again for his protection services.I never would have agreed to protect her in the first damn place.Women like her make me sick.”
“I’ll save you the recording of that meeting,” Sergi promised him.
“Maybe freeze their money or make it disappear altogether for a time,” Bane suggested.He looked over at Serenity and asked, “Any idea where Mr.Russo is staying while he’s in town?I’d like to pay him a visit tonight.”
Serenity smiled.“Sure do.His car stopped at the Black Rock hotel.I checked their computer and he has a couple of rooms there tonight.I would think one of those rooms is for his bodyguard.”
Bane nodded.“Of course.It is.You got some room numbers?”
She nodded.“Room 907 is listed as his room.The adjoining room, 910 is his bodyguard’s room.”She smiled again.“And side note: his money is already gone.Well, it isn’t gone.I don’t steal.I just appropriate.It is simply just somewhere he can’t get to at the moment.And so is Oleg’s.He just doesn’t know it yet.”
“I like the way you operate, young lady.”Bane paused as if he'd forgotten something.“When is your baby due?”
Serenity paused in surprise as she never expected this question from this man.“Two more months.”
He gave her a genuinely warm smile.“Congratulations.I bet Niky is thrilled.”
Nodding, she beamed at him and replied, “He is.”
Bane stared at her.“I hope you understand my intent here, but I have to say...You are a very beautifulMom To Be.Especially when you smile.”
The room went utterly and completely stone silent.
The men in the room knew Bane.Or so they believed.They also never expected that.But they all kept silent and hid their shock.
James now beamed his pride.
Suddenly, as if he knew James only too well, Bane swung his gaze over at him.
Instantly, James dropped the grin.
Sergi grinned at this little exchange and he didn’t seem to care who saw it.
Yuri broke the stunned silence, “Real question here is what do we do with Killian and his brothers?If we bring in two of them, is the third one going to come in shooting?”
Bane shook his head and replied, “He just might.Aaron is the one with the brains but he’s just too chicken to do the dirty work without his brothers in the shadows.So you need to look out for the last brother.Brent is the bravest one among the two of them, Randal is the sneaky brother.He’s the one you should expect to shoot you in the back.”
“Charming family.”Kosta scoffed.
Bane nodded.“Just your average lawless scumbags.”
“What are you going to do about Dominic?”Sergi asked quietly.
Bane shook his head.“I’m not going to tell you, that way you don’t have to deny anything.I have a place I can take him here in town.”He paused, then said, “I won’t kill him.I already gave my word on that, but by the time I get him there, I’ll have help to question him.”
