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The bathroom door opened. Allegra had showered and put on my bathrobe.
Stefano continued to speak. “He’s in surgery. Anna is there. Carmine is with her.”
“I want her at the compound. Carmine stays with her at all times. Send someone else to the hospital to keep watch on Andre.”
“I’m going to my room,” Allegra mouthed and pointed to the door.
I nodded but continued to speak to Stefano. “She doesn’t leave the compound. Where’s Giada?”
Allegra’s hand paused on the doorknob.
“Here with Savio. She’s inconsolable.”
Giada was a cunt, but I didn’t doubt her affection for my father. “Tell her I’m on my way.”
Allegra’s spine stiffened as she left the room.
I refocused on my phone call with Stefano. “Giada can fall apart once I get there. For now, she needs to take care of Savio. He lost his father and now his grandfather.”
Actually, he’d lost a brother in Luca and a father in Roberto, but he’d never know the truth. Luca had claimed Savio as his son and my father had let him.
“Will you bring Allegra?”
My stomach crawled into my throat. “No.”
I couldn’t risk her safety. Until I found out how an enemy was able to get so close to my father, none of us were safe. Luca had been in the open, doing business in the U.S. and running our operation in the face of the Irish and the Russians.
My father was protected, surrounded by soldiers, his daily itinerary never becoming predictable. I scrubbed a hand over my face. My fingers smelled like my wife, blood coagulated on my chest, and I was going to leave her within hours.
“Reach out to the capos.” My father had never deviated from his wish for me to become don, but I needed the support of the captains, especially my uncle Cirillo. “See you soon.”
Emilio sat at the computer. “I’ve chartered a flight. We can leave within the hour for the airport. They can have wheels up in three.”
“I need to speak with Salvatore and Elise.”
Ant pushed away from the wall. “I suggest a shower first. They may not let you marry their daughter when they discover just how brutal you are.”
I stripped out of the shirt. “She’s mine now.”
The vows I spoke to her meant more than any vow recited before God.
Allegra
Low voices spoke from the library. I stood just outside the door. My pulse beat in my chest, raced through my blood, and rushed through my ears. I tried to focus on their muffled words.
I’d gleaned enough to know Roberto Bruno was murdered, and Marco was leaving.
“When will you return?” my father asked.
A moment passed. “I don’t know. The don is dead. I need to make arrangements for the funeral.”
“We understand.” My father’s disheartened voice broke. “What of the wedding?”
Did my heart even beat? Would he tell them we’d already exchanged our vows, that he’d take me with him and marry me privately in Italy?
“The wedding will need to be postponed.”
I recoiled from the dark tone of Marco’s voice. Postponed. I didn’t care when we had the wedding. I didn’t care if we had a wedding at all. All we needed was the marriage license.
