Total pages in book: 16
Estimated words: 14503 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 73(@200wpm)___ 58(@250wpm)___ 48(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 14503 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 73(@200wpm)___ 58(@250wpm)___ 48(@300wpm)
So one day out of the blue he called me and asked me and my brother if we would be willing to come here and dismantle what was left of our family’s organization once and for all. My father, another son of the Don, raised us in Los Angeles far from the business of killing, but we had our own operation in L.A. and although we were far removed from this part of life, we were still trained to defend ourselves and the way of the Pruzkow. So, I told my cousin right and here I am in Chicago.
“Shit.” My phone rings and immediately I know the ringtone. “Speak,” I say to my brother Piotr.
“There is a meeting of the three families tomorrow and our attendance is requested.” Damn it, I don't have time for this shit. Motherfucker. I had plans to trap one of my uncle's lackeys who has been talking a little too much and trying to make trouble.
“I will be home soon. We need to find Bartek today.”
“Located him an hour ago.” That is why my brother, and I work so well together
“excellent. send me the address. Anything interesting being whispered in the streets?”
“As a matter of fact, it seems the lost DeSantis has been spotted in the city.” No fucking way.
“What a dumb fuck. Why would he come back here? Doesn’t he know there is a bounty on his head?”
“Word has it his daughter is here running Chicago and as we both know it is being said she is aiding him.”
“Wow. If that's true, she has a death wish because from what I hear, the leader is a scary kobieta.” Apparently she walks around with a sword that she is not afraid to use.
“No shit. Seems she has no issue slaying her own blood if she feels betrayed.”
“I wonder if the daughter will be in attendance?”
“The leader just landed so I would assume so.” Okay this situation just went from tenuous to dangerous.
“Well I guess we better come prepared.”
“I was thinking the same thing.” my brother says, agreeing with me.
“Let’s get this shit over with.” Bartek is as good as dead. Well, looks like it’s time to play the game.
CHAPTER
THREE
LUNA
THE NEXT DAY
I have been gone all day dealing with the clubs and checking on the docks and shit. Honestly, I have been avoiding going home, not ready to talk about my father but I can't shy away from it any longer.
Pulling up to my house I can feel that the air has changed. It’s always thicker and more daunting when Giulia is in town. There’s this aura of danger and expectation. Quite frankly it has always unnerved me. “Hello all.” I say walking into the room. My girls, me and Giulia’s cousin Serena and my girl Patrizia. Together we run Illinois, trying to bring order to the streets of Chicago. I am trying not to act as fucked up as I am right about all of this.
“I can see you are as fucked in the head as me right now, huh Luna.” I should have known nothing could get past her.
“Yeah. This is…”
“Expected but inevitable?” she asks. To be honest she described it just right.
“So what do we know?” I am not going to bother agreeing with her. She already knows. “Anything more than Dalian shared?” For the first time I noticed the room is quiet and no one else has spoken to me. It is kind of eerie. I look at the girls who are standing at my side and I can see they are both tense as well.
I keep looking around, but everyone is stoic and staring straight ahead. My alarm bells are going off and it is making me a bit twitchy, but I am trying not to show weakness. Giulia is looking at me intensely, her gaze searing. It’s almost like she is trying to decide something. “Yes. We know someone is helping him, with money and resources. Someone is harboring him.” Mind is whirring with possibilities when someone I don't recognize comes downstairs and shakes his head.
“Everything is all clear, boss.” I am momentarily confused and then it hits me.
“Oh my God. You think it is me? You think I would help a traitor who destroyed our family and killed nonno?” wow it never occurred to me just how much she didn’t trust and how little she thinks of me.
“I have to be sure Luna. he is your father at the end of the day.”
“True but he didn’t think of my siblings and I when he made us the children of a traitor to Omerta and famiglia.” she seems to believe me but with her you never know, and I know she would not hesitate to slay her own blood in vengeance.
“That is not a denial, Luna.” she is twirling her sword around, spinning it like a top, looking at me like I am on the chopping block it fucking hurts. I look at Serena and see the empathy on her face. My heart is breaking that she could even ask me that. I want to cry, and I know I will when I am alone, but right now I cannot show weakness in front of my men or her and hers. So, instead I look her in her eyes and tell her the truth.