Page 346 of Marcello

“We killed all the Camorra except for the Capronis.”

“Lucia shot Lucrezia,” I told him.

Adriano grinned and yelled, “NICE!”

“Thanks!” Lucia yelled back.

Adriano’s smile turned to a grimace, though, when I asked my next question. “Where’s Cesare?”

“I think in the basement. Giorgio took Dario to find him.”

Shit.

“Take me to them,” I said as I started up the stairs.

“Lars?” Massimo said in the dining room, his voice sounding strange.

“What?”

“You’re gonna wanna see this.”

I raced back down the stairs. As soon as I entered the dining room, Massimo pointed out the window.

A black SUV was driving through the open gates –

And there seemed to be dozens more of them out on the road.

SHIT.

“New plan!” I yelled at Adriano. “Send Val and Niccolo and everybody else down to help me, and you go find Dario.”

“What’s going on?”

“I think the rest of the Camorra just showed up.”

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Cesare

Basement

Iwas looking for a way out when I heard voices up the stairs.

I hid behind one of the big stone columns and checked my gun.

Two bullets in the clip, one in the chamber, and no spare magazines.

Shit.

I also had a knife in my boot.

Hopefully it wouldn’t come to that.

“Cesare,” a deep voice boomed out of the darkness.

In spite of myself, I smiled.

“Dario Rosolini,” I called out. “Come to get revenge for what I did to your bitch?”