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In Sicilian.
Goddammit, this man. He was so fucking hot with all the shit he knew. I didn’t even care that I had no idea what he said.
Luciu’s nostrils flared but he replied in English. “You learned Sicilian?”
Conor smirked. “The moment you became a faction worthy of my attention.”
Custanzu arched a brow. “Is that high praise or low?”
“The highest with Conor,” Finn retorted, leaning back in his seat with all the ease of a man who was comfortable with his power.
And power they had.
Despite losing their father, Aidan Jr. had picked up the mantle and he dominated this arena.
It wasn’t as simple as him staring down the length of the room at the others, but in how the others looked at him as if he were in charge.
To be fair, with the Russians and Sicilians so fresh on the scene, only the Triads were a potential threat, but how could they be when the Sicilians and Russians had such close ties to the O’Donnellys?
Check. Mate.
Oddly aroused by how much power Conor had, I waited for direction because Brennan already had his panties in a bunch from how I’d managed to dictate things since I’d shown up.
Aidan, mimicking Finn by leaning back in his seat, stated, “Conor and Star are here to help.”
“How could they help us?” the Dragon Head sneered.
Aidan waved a hand. “I’ll let Conor explain.”
“While it would be moronic to think that you’re not aware you’re on watch lists, the NSA recently had some software come under their purview.”
“Illegal software,” I muttered. “And definitely unconstitutional. The whole nine yards.
“Whichever way you swing it, the alphabets had no right to use it for their own gain.”
“That bad?”
“Yeah, Aurora, that bad,” I replied, shooting her a cool glance. “To the point where you, in your role as D—”
Her eyes flared wide, then in Italian, she snarled, “They know nothing about my past.”
“Of course, they know who you are. They just don’t bring it up,” I retorted. “Don’t be a fool. A different haircut doesn’t change your identity.”
“We don’t speak of it here,” Luciu confirmed. “She was the DA but only to further our gains—”
“I grow tired of this multilingual meeting,” Zhao snapped. “It’s rude to speak in other languages, even if it is an attempt at a power play from you, Ms. Sullivan.” His eyes narrowed. “I assume you’re the reason we found my son? Lodestar’s skills are infamous.”
“They probably are but I don’t refer to myself in the third person yet.” I hitched a shoulder, though I noticed the Valentini siblings peer among each other in surprise—they hadn’t realized the Dragon Head knew I’d worked for them. “The Valentinis asked me to look into a laptop and I happened to find him. I don’t deserve—”
“You do.” He rapped his fingers against the table. “You speak of this software as if you know it well.”
“I made it,” was Conor’s answer. “That means I know what it could have picked up.”
“It would be inadmissible in court,” Aurora pointed out.
“It would, but that doesn’t mean it can’t lead to other investigations,” Finn answered. “That’s all it needs, isn’t it?
“With as much as we stonewall them, something like this gives them an avenue to wander down that was closed to them before.”
