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The road ahead wasn’t going to be an easy one.
I grabbed Luca’s face. “Tell them you’re my boyfriend, that the captain kidnapped me, and that you chased after us. Tell them that you were scared and got beside the van when the captain wrecked into your car. Tell them that they were shooting at you.” I was panicked, but he held up his hand to halt me.
“It’s not my first rodeo,” he sighed. There was a pain behind that tone that I hadn’t heard before.
I felt a lump in my throat as I watched him blink back tears. He cleared his throat. “We’re going to be fine.”
If they took us in and I was dealing with any clean cops, Luca would go to prison.
I would be fine.
But I didn’t want that to be the case.
I hurried to my feet, averting my gaze from the fallen captain, my heart heavy. There was something about his demeanor that told me he had ins everywhere.
I wasn’t sure if I should be happy with that or concerned.
Were there any good cops left?
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LUCA
As I dialedthe number to that godforsaken prison, I couldn't help but feel a mix of irritation and anticipation. What I was about to do was against my better judgment, against every instinct I had in this ruthless world. But there was something about Anna that had me willing to break my rules.
It had been a little dodgy getting out of the whole killing-an-influential-NYPD-captain thing. But lucky for me, Annabelle had her own strings and strengths.
And also lucky for me, her partner Davis fessed up to the feds and brought down the captain with him. Lucky for him — and me — he hadn’t included anyone else. I had to keep the NYPD in my pocket
Or at least, I had to keep them in myfamily’spocket.
Dominic's voice answered on the other end, dripping with a hardened edge. “You’re the only fucking person that can callinto prison ” he growled.
I smirked.
“How are you doing, buddy boy?” I asked.
“Pretty shit; but what’s it to ya?”
I smiled. "I'm offering you a truce, old man," I replied.
Silence followed, the weight of our shared history hanging between us like a heavy fog. Then, Dominic's voice sliced through the tension, his voice riddled with curiosity. "A truce?”
I let out a low chuckle, enjoying this dance of power and manipulation. "Well, Dom, you owe me a favor. And trust me, you'll pay it back one way or another.”
There was a scoff on the other end. “How the fuck do I owe you anything?”
“Haven’t they told you?” I laughed. “You’re being released.”
“That doesn’t mean we're even, Luca .” he shot back bitterly.
“You’re right, which is why I’m proposing the truce. Because at the end of the day, you closed down one of my clubs—”
“And you got my daughter shot!”
I couldn't help but chuckle again, relishing in this twisted camaraderie. "Ah, Dom, always keeping score. But that was Captain Russo’s setup, not mine. But your men gladly accepted his offer ”
He was silent for a moment, so I continued. “So by my count, Dom, you’re at screwing me over with the whole club thing and putting me in the middle of a war zone, all because you weren’t able to control your men,” I taunted.
