ent Stone's estate, he poured a glass of liquor, the ice clink
poke, tone down. "Not when I'm delivering car
n his seat. "The docks are being observed strictly. If you need the
hen downed it in one gulp. "Y
d beneath a silk headscarf. She ran her fingers along the cold surfaces, trailin
you had to steal the truth if you wanted it. She wa
r leaning back through a small crevice, his jaw clenched tight. That was one of those deals going on. She recognized the exp
my shipment. And I want them while
eems like one of the bloody deals her father had be
Dmitri Stone, was meeting with the Romano family, a rival gang, for the first time i
. With her heart hammering her ribs,
**
ars. But tonight, they had to. Salvador Romano has finally realized he can't do without Vincent Stone after he had lost too much to incompetent hands. His shipments had be
d secrets. Staying around the edge, serious-faced a
t Stone's brother, who sat opposite him like a sleeping bear, silent and watching. Tall
and Ivan, leaned back comfortably in their chairs.
d that's why we are here. Next week, my ships will arrive. 50 crates. Superior Balkan weap
turn?" Dmi
ours stay west. Our shipments come in without a hitch, and you
y. Could you please say precisely w
t peace, but rather a business. We both make
i, you too have enemies around your routes; A war between us
with worse." S
se. A distinction ex
an alliance with us because Victor, your only connection, was taken down. You want our connections working
"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 acco
vatore's eye
A union between your son and
ers hesitated on his cigar. "That's no
binding power than contracts. I have an obedien
," Luca interr
ay it right," Ivan
peace. I demand assura
his lips curling in a smile. "W
ipate it
t, t
LO
and a surveillance signal blared amid the chaos. "Get down!" Another blast shook the building as
ere is smoke all over the room, blood, cries, and flashing lights. Someo
re upstairs where Vincent's
poo
gainst the surface. Masked men stormed the building, causing screams in the night. Eve
too yelled orders in Russian. When Evelyn saw the symbol on his neck, her breath se
tackling, she saw Marco, the security chi
, we must go
! My
get you out of here, or
s, but Evelyn twisted away halfway. "I will not abandon him!
nto the wall. She ran back to the secret passageway in a daze and quick
Beside him, two guards lay sprawled,
grey eyes. She remembered him from funerals and gala nights, where he was constantl
pace. His nose wrinkled.
ody shook. Hi
s snapped
roke and reshaped, and his muscles gr
econds, a huge black wolf whose eyes resembled th
ans' throats. Screams filled the air as blood spilled. Evelyn's heart raced. She
did I j
r world, which had been carefully prote
d one of them had just kil
trembling, before a deep voi
sn't for