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It’s only the beginning.
I stab him in his throat. Then in his gut, ripping the sharp blade through his insides. He’s a fish flopping on dry land. His body twitches and struggles as I pin him down and make him bleed out. Make him feel every stab wound, helpless and pained.
The same way he made Delphine feel that night.
His dick gets the blade too. Driven straight through the crotch of his pants.
His throat is so hoarse, he can barely make any sounds beyond gurgles, spitting up more blood. He’ll be dead any second now.
“Let me.”
The voice draws me out of my murderous fury long enough to recognize what I’m doing. That I’m slaughtering a man like some savage human butcher.
Delphine’s standing next to where we are on the floor. She wears a composed expression, the blood and gore seeping around us seems to have no effect on her. Cesar’s blood and guts are welcomed sights as far as she’s concerned.
She holds out her hand. She wants my knife. I hand it over, then move back.
There’s no hesitation on her part. As soon as she has my knife, she climbs on top of him, looking him in the face despite the fact his eye sockets are gouged.
“Beg me for it,” she tells him. “Beg me to end it like the weak little bitch you are.”
He gives a feeble cry, his body in bloody, twitchy ruins.
“Not good enough! BEG ME!”
“P-please…” he gurgles. “P-p-please…”
Delphine smiles, slipping my knife into her back pocket. “No. The same way my begging was ignored, yours will be too. You will die right here, a slow, painful death like you deserve.”
She stands up, watching him jerk and gurgle. The winced pain on his slashed face. He cries, or as best as he can given the fact that he’s got a hole in his throat and a mouthful of blood.
“Phi,” I say, reaching for her. “We have to get out of here.”
Her brows push together; she’s coming to her senses. She blinks almost dazedly and looks at me. “But Lucius. Salvatore, we have to get him—”
“I humiliated him, revealed to everybody who he really is, and we’re both alive. I consider that a win. The longer we stay here, the longer things can go wrong.”
We escape to the stairwell. The frenzy of gunfire has quieted for the most part as we make our way down the flights of stairs. Every so often another bang rings out and somebody howls in excruciating pain.
But, otherwise, things have gone eerily quiet. I haven’t let go of Delphine’s hand. I pull her along, going as fast as possible down the stairs.
Several of the members from the Five Families have escaped to the lobby. It’s as we push the door open and cross the vast open space that I spot several of them rushing off to their limos and luxury cars.
Saito and his advisor. Kozlov and a couple of his men—all of them stained with blood and wearing the unmistakable expression of violent wrath on their faces. When his gaze catches mine, he gives me a nod.
Simple, but it speaks volumes. An acknowledgment from him there’s no ill will between us. In fact, we both have enemies in Lucius. My real father was one of his allies, and on a technicality, I belong to the Kozlov family as much as I do the Mancino. A potentially interesting alliance opportunity going forward.
Delphine and I make it halfway through the lobby before we’re stopped.
Before the thick croak of the man I hate with every bone in my body stops us.
“Where the fuck do you think you’re going? You thought I was going to let you two skip off, happily ever after?” Lucius asks. He appears with men flanking him. He’s got a gun out and trained on us and so do they. His lips curl into a nasty smile. “No,scarafaggio. I already told you. I’m your god. I gave you life. I will take it away.”
I ease Delphine behind me. Otherwise, I don’t bother attempting any defense. We’re outnumbered ten to two. But I do bother mouthing off, doing what I do best, getting under his skin to piss him off.
“You didn’t give me life, Pop,” I say. “Your wife fucked a different guy.Theygave me life. You were the freak on the side, not man enough to make it happen.”
“You motherfucking ungrateful piece of shit!” he spits. “Shoot them! Shoot her! Kill her and make him watch!”
