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“This can’t happen again. We’re not invincible, Nico. It was so easy for him. He got so close—”
“You’re right,” I say before she spirals further. I cup her face. “We’ll do better. We don’t have a choice.” I pull her closer, wrapping my arms around her and resting my chin on her head as she lay on my chest.
“Gabriella, Jet, Nora, Ethan... Their families. I let them all down.”
I lift her head up before pressing both thumbs to her lips.
“When will you get it, amore? You are not alone. Your losses are mine. It was on all of us.”
“I don’t know how I’m supposed to look Liling in the eyes. And Tao.”
“They understand the price of being in this world. We can’t change what’s done. Goh had no limits. He took a child. We have no way of knowing if we did anything differently, who would and wouldn’t have survived. Men like him don’t see reason.”
“Lesson learned.” She sighs.
“We have been lax. We need to stop acting as if we are invincible or untouchable. But that changes now. We have a lot more to lose, but we also have something no one else has.”
She smiles.
“What did Enzo call us?La Fatale Trinità?” She smiles.
“There’s never been an allegiance like this in history.”
“Now what?” she asks, wrapping her arms around my neck as I pull her flush against me. My cock has been hard since the moment we got into the tub. I grab the back of her neck.
“It’s time the world knows it,” I say against her lips.
Her eyes widen before I take her mouth with mine.
I kiss her lazily but hungrily until she hums for more. Chills spread across her skin despite the hot water, and her plump nipples beg for attention. Lifting her hips so she’s straddling me, she moans into my mouth before I release her lips and kiss a trail down her neck, a wave of lust rushing over my body. Taking a nipple between my lips, I apply enough pressure for her to cry out.
“No one will ever dare to even try taking you away from me again.” I trail my tongue up the column of her neck before kissing up her jaw. I lock eyes with her. “That will never happen again.”
She responds by devouring my lips with hers as she grinds her pussy against my erection.
Chapter Twenty-Seven
ANYA
The next couple of days are full of gloom. We lay Jet and Nora to rest next to Natalie. I thought their service would be small, but my family came through both the Violantes and Deluccis, and some Triad families came to pay their respects.
* * *
People trickle out as Cesare stands by me, staring down at their caskets.
I nod at Nico to let him know to give us a moment.
“They deserved better, Papa.” He opens his mouth to speak, but I cut him off. “If you say something about how this is the world we live in, I’m going to kick your ass, old man.”
He lets out a hearty laugh and puts his arm around me. I can’t help but join him. After a minute, we collect ourselves.
“It’s unfortunate. What happened to them. But if you were to ask me if I’d go back and change things, the answer is no.”
I nod.
“They died with honor. They saved a little girl, when they couldn’t save their own daughter. Through their grief, they chose to help us. I will forever be grateful to them and in their debt.”
We stand in comfortable silence for a few moments longer, staring at the headstones.
