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He opens the box to reveal a beautiful strand of pearls. I smile down at the elegant piece of jewelry when a sudden lightning bolt of pain rips through my skull. My eyes clench shut, and I have to catch myself on the desk or go spilling onto the carpet.
Sebastian’s hand shoots out to steady me. “Whoa. Are you alright,PiccoloUccello?”
Hell no, I’m not alright. It feels like Mike Tyson is beating the shit out of my skull,I want to snip back. Instead, I rub at my temples and nod. “Yes, but I don’t think the hangover is quite finished with me yet.”
He places the jewelry box back on the table and brings me back into his arms to place a kiss on my forehead. “My poor little wife. Let’s get going before it gets too dark. The fresh air will do you some good.”
“Good idea,” I agree and let him take my hand and guide me to the back door. “Wait, I didn’t get you anything for Christmas.”
Sebastian smiles over his shoulder. “There’s still time, little bird.”He winks.
Emiliano
“Does anyone have eyes on her yet?” I ask through my comms, keeping my voice steady while my heartbeat is anything but.
We located Vasile’s home in Bolzano three days after meeting with Franzese. It took Lorenzo and Xander working around the clock and me and my men torturing a few Bolzano thugs to get the information we needed, butwe got it.
“Not yet, boss,” Alto reports back.
“That’s a no go on my side,” Lorenzo follows.
“Nothing,signore.” Nuncio is the lastto answer.
“Xander, what do you see?” I inquire. Xander is hidden in the trees just off the property, where he controls the drones. They’re whisper quiet and can reach heights that make them undetectable to the naked eye. Perfect for what we need.
“Fucking trees… Give me a minute,” he returns, and I have to refrain from telling him to hurry the fuck up. My skin feels too tight while my blood pumps copious amounts of adrenaline through my muscles. I’m ready to crack skulls, but I must be patient and wait. “Okay, gentlemen, the numbers look the same. Two guards in the front, two inthe back.”
“What about inside?” Alto’s disembodied voice comes through.
“We have two bodies in the kitchen, one in a room off the north side, and two coming out the back aswe speak.”
My ears perk up, and the breath is knocked from my lungs when the back door opens, andshesteps out.
Mia perla.
Her chestnut strands lift in the chilly winter breeze, her nose and cheeks flush pink, and her big blue eyes shine as she breathes in the winter air. My body screams for me to move from my cover in the brush of the forest. To run to her and kill every motherfucker that gets in my way. She’s mere yards away, but I can’t get to her. Not yet.
“Target spotted, but she’s not alone, gentlemen,” Xander’s voice comes through my comms right as Vasile steps out and takes Greta’s hand.
My blood boils, and my hands nearly crush the binoculars I use to watch them.
“Aspettalo, Capo,” Alto tells me to take it easy.
To which I fire back with, “Fuck off, old man,” and get a chorus of chucklesin return.
“Focus, gentlemen. It looks like he’s taking her into the woods.”
“Why the fuck is he taking her into the woods?” My heartbeat picks up to dangerous levels.
Did he get wind of our arrival and is now about tokill her?
The thought has me lifting myself from the brush, but I halt with Xander’s following words. “Don’t move, Calvano. I’m picking up audio now.” The comms go quiet, and the hum of the blood rushing in my ears is deafening as I wait for him to speak again. “They’re hiking. I think we just got handed the fucking winning lottery ticket, gentlemen,” Xander hoots like the victory is already ours.
But I won’t celebrate until that bastard, Vasile, is dead andmia perlais in my arms. “Let’s not get ahead of ourselves. The battle is notwon yet.”
“E` ta`n e`epì tâs,” Xander quotes the ancient Greek proverb.
Either with itor on it.
