ent Stone's estate, he poured a glass of liquor, the ice clink
ne down and cool. "Specifically not when I'm delive
rn European in a tiny tren
you need the firearms to reach Italy harmle
hen downed it in one mouthful
buried beneath a silk headscarf. She ran her fingers along the cold surfa
you had to steal the truth if you wanted it. She wante
evice, his jaw clenched tight but his face unreadable. There was one of those deals going on. She recognized the expr
my shipment. And I want them while
one of the bloody deals her father had been involved in. I
ri Stone was meeting with the Romano family, a rival gang, for the first time in ten
was sucked u
ng her ribs, she slowly
ore than ten years, the Stone and Romano families had not sat at the same table. Old blood didn't really
was lit by a chandelier above. Staying around the edge, serious-
who sat opposite him like a sleeping bear, silent, menacing, and poised to attack. Tall and quiet, Luca Rom
and Ivan, leaned back comfortably in their chairs
week, my ships will arrive. 50 crates. Superior Balkan weapons. Untraceable
turn?" Dmi
hs." Your men stay east, and ours stay west. Ther
t firepower is worth
nquility. It is a business. We both make m
i, you too have adversaries around your opium routes, the Tr
with worse." S
se. A distinction ex
ick fingers. "You wish to enter our airfields. You want our silence and our allegian
"The reality that you need us
alvatore is a funny word. It
r to it as mut
p as if the room
. "I'll take your offer into acc
eyebrows we
sealed by blood." A union be
gers hesitated on his cigar. "That's n
binding power than contracts. I have an obedien
," Luca interr
ay it right," Ivan
claim to desire peace
his lips curling in smoke. "We'
ipate it
izzled wi
t, t
LO
tumbled, men roared, and a surveillance signal blared amid the chaos. "Get dow
e all over the room, blood, cries, and flashing lights. Someone had attacked them. Not the Serpentas. Not the Triads. Someone from the inside because
ncent's meeting was held with Petrov, gl
poo
tle against the surface. Masked men stormed the building, causing screams in the night. E
a mask with a flashy neck tattoo yelled orders in Ru
e set up
tackling, she saw Marco, the security ch
, we must go
! My
get you out of here, or we
s but Evelyn, twisted away halfway. "I will not abandon him!
, Evelyn crashed into the wall. In a daze, she slithe
o the shadows. She could see the stu
Beside him two guards lay sprawled,
he c
out a surp
man in the mask tore the b
ecalled him from funerals and gala nights, where he was constantly present
und the space. H
a change
ody shook. Hi
s snapped
mbs broke and reshaped. Muscles g
h black fur. Fangs rip
whose eyes resemble that of the moon
t shook the chan
humans' throats. Screams fi
and to stop herself from screaming a
did I j
world, which had been so meticulously pro
d one of them had just kil
trembling, before a deep voi
sn't for