Page 139 of King of Shadows


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Beauty, a lethal weapon that within the mafia you can always use to your advantage.

I smile from end to end feeling the most beautiful, I lower the gun to one of my sides, the man does not stop pressing his foot against one of my escorts. He already has his finger on the trigger.

—Don't move, you damn whore, always selling yourself and now playing with the devil!

—I just need a touch-up, friend.

From the pocket of my cargo pants I take out red lipstick, the prison lightbulbs are tinkling, outside I'm already starting to hear the detonations. I must hurry. I slide the lipstick all over my lips, such an intense color and my full lips moving in time with the sliding of my hand which makes me lose concentration. When I'm about to cover the corners of my lips, I raise the gun and blast several bullets into one of the cells, putting my strategy into practice.

Thin, dirty men with grown body hair come out so they can lunge at the man who was holding mine. Without measuring it he puts a bullet in his arm, Lorenzo complains and I immediately run to David to get him out of his cell.

—Run, fight until the last moment brother!!

-Who are you?

—The lady of the 'Ndrangheta, the queen of Calabria!

Despite his smile full of pride, I drag him out and then go pick up Lorenzo, but he is too heavy. When I turn around, the men who relentlessly beat Alessio's sentry look at me with two clear options in their heads: kill me or help me.

—The queen of Calabria? -asks a bald man-. Salvatore Marino's wife?

—Yes, I am his wife.

—And he's fighting?

—Yes, because this is my mafia, this is my empire.

Everyone sees each other, the blood from one of Lorenzo's thighs does not stop and without further ado the inmates take him in their arms to carry him out. The others scream when they see us pass, I make David cling to my body while I open each damn cell making the men and women come out after me.

I push the doors seeing the mess of bodies, bullets and cars overturned on the ground. On one side I see Alessio's entire circle, there is Massimo, Helena and Fabian attacking as best they can. The brothers are already united and when they see me leaving they lighten up. But the people they fight with send the Marinos to the ground, I see all the people who for the first time receive a ray of light.

I look back at my followers, raise my hand and point to wherever the enemies are.

—Kill them.

With screams sheathed in war and passion to kill after so many attacks they experienced, they come out in hordes, they come out suddenly to be able to cling to the people who hold on to mine. Lorenzo leans against one of the walls, Miranda is dead on the floor, Leone tries to revive her until someone comes at him from behind and Leon orders him to break by snapping his neck.

“A mafia lady is not feared by the people she can kill,” Lorenzo mentions in a low voice. She is the one who annihilates and dominates with her gaze in a matter of seconds, that is a true mafia lady.

—I told you I wasn't going to leave you, you taught me something like everyone else, and there's still a lot to learn Lorenzo.

—I'll take care of David, go get a car.

I lean David against the same wall, Lorenzo arms himself to protect each other while I manage to spot the car that can help us get out of here. There would be more of our people waiting outside, so I don't worry because Guillermo and Nadia already have a truck in which they can go out when I get my own truck.

I run, my muscles don't hurt, they burn, they fall to pieces with every step I take. Several of ours are on the ground, several of the prisoners fall and others from the enemy side die at the hands of ours. I put my fist in the window of the truck, burst it and open it and then manipulate the cables.

Leone taught me how to do it, I always have to look for a way out, Guillermo and Nadia receive the information that I want to give them when I get into the car: it's time to go. They pick up Gin, Domenico and Francisco so they can drive before us. My car starts, I press the pedals and lower my head so the windows don't burst and give way to the bullets.

I get to them, Salvatore and Leone manage to get the wounded up, Tamara just climbs onto the awning of the truck so she can shoot from her position. I start with more men than women in my vehicle and I listen as they give me orders to start moving.

—David is entering a serious condition of infections!! —Leone reports.

-No exit!!

I get exasperated.

The fucking walls are huge and surround the entire residence without a kilometer more or less. Behind us are Alessio's cars following us, someone sticks out their hand and I see the face of my bastard ex who shoots at one of my mirrors, making it fly. I advance without knowing where to go, Tamara continues up until she enters with a hand on her chest covered in blood.

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