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Insanity. That’s what this is. Nothing but insanity.
Then the door opens and her brother walks in. We both look up at him.
“Learn how to knock, Tony!” Elena yells, walking over to her bed and sitting down.
His eyes glide over her before moving to me. There’s a hint of suspicion there. He doesn’t trust me with his sister. He never has. I don’t know why and today’s not the day to ask.
“We have a problem, Rome,” he states.
I tense. “What is it?”
His throat bobs as he swallows. “The Gallos.”
My jaw tightens. “What the fuck happened?”
We walk out of Elena’s room without a backwards glance. Honestly, I’m glad she’s leaving. She’s a huge fucking distraction—one I can’t deal with while trying to keep my empire in place.
* * *
“Everything was in place,”I say, pinching the bridge of my nose. “I double-checked every last detail for you fuckers. I supervised every single step. I all but handed the shipment to you in a box wrapped with a fucking bow. So where the fuck did I lose you?”
I’m tempted to pull out my gun and shoot the man on one knee in front of me. He averts his eyes, keeping his gaze downcast on the ground. I sent ten men to China with a plane with a plane filled with a two-month supply of drugs and expensive weapons. Only one of them came back.
“We were about to take off when it all went wrong,” Lorenzo says shakily. “They barged inside and started shooting up the inside of the plane. Everyone was dead in a manner of minutes.”
“And how, pray tell, did you fucking survive?” I question, feeling a muscle in my jaw tick.
He still doesn’t look at me. “I dropped to the ground and hid. They found me, though. Left me alive to give you a message.”
“Go on,” I prompt.
“They said to tell you that they intend to finish what the Russos started,” he says. “They took all the weapons and the drugs. They said to face them if you wanted it all back. They’re not scared of you. What they want is the extermination of the De Luca family.”
Fury billows through me. “I see,” I say calmly. “On your feet.”
He slowly rises to his feet. I see relief shining in his brown eyes. The relief quickly turns to dread when I pull out a gun and shoot him in the chest without hesitation. His body drops to the ground.
“You should have died with the others,” I murmur without feeling, staring at the blood pooling on the oak floors.
“Roman,” Tony says hesitantly, drawing my attention.
He’s been standing beside me the entire time. Michael’s in my chair, looking a little pale. He should be. He gets to his feet as I move toward him and slam my fist onto the table.
“How did they find out?” I growl.
My best friend’s jaw clenches as he stares at a spot above my head.
“They managed to break into one of my encrypted files. That’s how they got the date and time of the delivery.”
“And how the hell were they able to do that?”
“I was distracted,” he admits. “I’m sorry.”
“Where the hell were you, Michael?”
His throat bobs. He hesitates but ultimately replies. “I was with Kiara. She was going through something at home. I was trying to help her.”
“I don’t give a fuck!” I yell. “You’re supposed to be on top of things like this. That’s your job, Michael.”
