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Nicolo has ways of getting these bastards to talk. We’re big guys, and no one ever expects the finer points on finesse and degrees of pain we can mete out. Right up until we fucking do.
The scream is unholy, thin, high-pitched, and I don’t want to be this asshole’s balls right now.
“Should we share?”
Tizio cuts me a look. “No. Not until we know what the fuck’s going on. You wanna start a war?”
“The De Lucas know about the girl.” I pause. “Aware. But she could be a runaway or taken.”
We listen to the blubbering voice. “I just . . . I’m sorry, I didn’t know the drugs were De Luca’s.”
“Fuckin’ fool,” I say so the guy can hear. “How dumb do you need to be?”
I peel from the wall and saunter closer, picking up an ice pick from the table as I pass. The terrified moron’s eye locks on it as I bring it down in my other hand on repeat.
“This is the biggest fuckin’ family in town, and you don’t mess with them. Just spoke to my colleague, he’s thinking of letting you go. If . . .” I ignore the hot needles of Tizio’s stare. “If you tell me what happened to the girl.”
“I don’t know. I just got paid by some guy to invite her out, and . . . she never showed up. Look, I didn’t touch her. I swear.”
“Who?” I ask this quietly. “You didn’t just take a job without a name.”
I step back, and Tizio comes up. The three of us crowd the fucker. “Who?”
“I don’t know.” Weazel moans. “I swear. Went by the name Landers? Don’t know the outfit, just assumed they were with Lowlanders.”
“He still fuckin’ breathing,” Theo says behind us.
We step back, and I swear, Weazel loses control of all functions as the infamous Frozen steps in.
“Yeah,” Tizio says. “Just.”
“We can finish him when you talk, or—”
“Stealing? Selling to kids? I got a kid. Another on the way.” The ice in his voice is enough to even make me uneasy. “I’m going to enjoy dealing with this.”
He looks at the guy and then his equipment.
“Let’s get started . . .”
In the basement’s locker room, I lean against the wall as Nicolo looks at his phone. Probably at a picture of his fiancée, Avah.
Privately, me and Tizio have been betting on whether or not she’ll be knocked up and when. Nicolo, for all his violence and fire, is actually a pretty fucking decent and old-fashioned guy. He’s marrying his girl . . . fuck, was ready to give everything up for her . . . so yeah, they’re gonna have a family, and soon.
“Landers? Anyone heard of an outfit like that?”
Tizio rubs the back of his neck. “We will sooner rather than later. I’ll get digging.”
“This shit is wrong. There’s something, ya’ know. I thought most of it was dealt with when we fixed everything with Avah, but . . .” Nico sighs.
I nod. “I hear you. Feels like it’s deeper.” But how fucking deep and when do we bring De Luca in? Like properly?
“We can’t.” It’s like Tizio can read my fucking thoughts. “It’s on your face, bro. Leo and Scarlett wield a lot of power, so if we’re wrong, best case, we make things difficult, at worst, we start a war. Christian will go to battle because of everything that happened to Mia, and Theo . . . he’s got Blake and his little family. We do this ourselves, but . . .”
“Could be nothing.” I shrug not sure if I believe it. “But worth poking into.”
“Poking into what?” Theo comes out, wiping blood from his hands on a rag.
The three of us look at each other.
