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“It’s either you or Eva.”He crosses his arms across his chest, and his jaw tightens as he stares at me down his nose.
My younger sister, my light in the darkness. I’ve protected her since mom died. She’s the one person I try to be better for. The reason I keep myself alive; I can’t leave her with dad on her own. I don’t trust his men. I don’t trust this life. I will never let anything happen to her.
I narrow my eyes. “You wouldn’t.”
“I need to try to forge a deal with Romano. I need his backing to take down that son of a bitch, Russo.” He grits his teeth as he speaks, his fists clenching by his sides.
Wow, that Russo guy has really gotten under his skin. Good.
“That isn’t my problem. I thought Romano was the enemy?”
“He was. The accident was a long time ago. This is my way in.”The accident. He means my mother’s death.
“You can’t make me marry anyone,” I whisper.
I know deep down he can. A bit like every man, they can take away your choice with the snap of their fingers.
He tips my chin up aggressively. “You’ll do as I say. And no more stealing my coke. I’ve locked up my supply. If you’re that desperate, you’ll have to find your own way. Forget the past and grow the fuck up.”
He lets go. I stumble back and watch as he storms out and slams the door behind him. I pull at my hair. Shit. He can’t be serious.
My hands start to shake as anger and panic rush through me. I don’t want to feel.I need my fix before the world creeps back in.
I pull out my phone and call Liv, my best friend. She’s the life of the party, she’ll know where to get the good stuff.
“Girl, where are you?”I can barely hear her over the music.
“I can’t get anything from dad’s,” I whisper, biting at the skin around my nails.
“Well, Miss Mafia Cocktease, looks like you’ll have to bat those lashes at the men at the bar tonight because I’m out until Carlos can sneak me more.”
My heart sinks. I hate having to do this. Talking to random men, no matter how drunk I am, puts me on edge. My friends call me ‘the cocktease’, because they think I’m using these men for the drugs, but won’t go any further. Everyone thinks I’m a virgin, saving herself for marriage. It’s an easy lie in this life.
They have no idea it’s because I’m petrified of being intimate with a man. That I’m tarnished. That I haven’t been touched by anyone sincehim.
And I’m not sure I ever will.
CHAPTERTHREE
luca
Smoke meanders from the lit end of my cigarette over the steering wheel before slowly drifting out the open window where I rest my elbow. I take another drag and loosen my tie.
Today started off the worst way possible. A box was delivered two days ago with a gruesome surprise: Nico’s head. My blood boils with the need for revenge.
“How are things looking?” I ask Grayson, as he hands me some of the surveillance pictures he’s taken.
“All good, boss. Should be an easy grab. She’s shit faced most of the time. I’ve never spent somuch fucking time in crappy clubs in my life. There are a couple of bodyguards; nothing we can’t take care of, though.”
I nod, a grin forms on my lips as I turn to face him.
“I’d love to see Marco’s face when we take his precious ‘Princess’. We’re going to make that asshole pay.” He might have thought he one-upped us by delivering Nico’s decapitated head to my doorstep. No wonder none of his men had a clue where Nico was, he was probably dead by then. What I have planned is going to rock his world.
“Taking his daughter is a good start. What are your plans with her?” Grayson has a mischievous glint in his blue eyes.
“Depends on how Marco behaves. If he doesn’t back down, I’m not opposed to ridding the world of another Falcone.” I shrug.
Frankie clears his throat in the back seat.When I look through the rearview mirror, I notice my green eyes are bloodshot. I don’t know the last time I slept properly, not since Nico’s death.
