A deep guffaw spilled from me. “Would you have a look at this?” I stated, holding my arms out. “That is good. I couldn’t consider a greater situation then to have us all right here collectively.”

I dropped my smile and glared. “The place is Penelope?”

“You’ll by no means have her,” Riccardo drawled.

Antonio laughed, and Mano punched him in his nostril. Blood squirted from his face. Riccardo was nonetheless mendacity on the bottom in entrance of me; I lifted my foot and stomped Riccardo’s nuts with my steel-toed boot.

“Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! Noooo! Motherfucker! Aaaaaaaaaaaaah!”

Antonio grimaced and flinched. “Who the fuck do you suppose you might be, you son of a bitch?”

Since he wished my consideration, I gave it to him, shifting to face in entrance of him. Mano shoved him on his knees, and I slipped my hand inside my trench coat and eliminated a long-stemmed black rose.

I watched Antonio’s eyes widen as he visibly shuddered when the rose fell to the bottom earlier than him.

With all its symbolism, the rose meant various things to these in attendance. To Bruno and me, I used to be the Black Rose. To my capos, I used to be merely utilizing the Lucas Cosa Nostra signature.

Antonio, Rolando, and Riccardo have been struck with the revelation of what the flower meant…and so they knew.

I used to be the Black Rose everybody feared.

When Antonio’s gaze flipped to mine, I noticed the horror in his eyes earlier than I despatched a hatchet slicing by means of his throat with such energy that his physique lifted from the bottom. The weapon—and his physique—embedded into the barrier of the outside wall.

Dying met him immediately as his eyes enlarged, and blood spurted from his throat. I exhaled lengthy and deep—a growl shifting by means of me.

Rolando jumped to his toes and took off operating within the route I had come. A laser from one of many capo’s weapons was pointed at his head, however he didn’t get the shot off earlier than my blade impaled the again of his cranium.

I cracked my neck and glanced at Riccardo as Rolando’s physique hit the bottom.

“They all the time run,” I stated.

Bruno whistled. “That’s an ideal toss. You’ve been practising.”

I gave him a figuring out look, and he shook his head.

I cleared my throat. “The place was I?”

“I’ll make a take care of you,” Riccardo rushed to say.

“To make a deal, it’s a must to be in possession of one thing I need, Niccolò.”

“I’ll inform you the place she is, however solely after I’m off this compound.”

I grabbed Riccardo by his collar and lifted him from the bottom like a rag doll. “This isn’t the time for video games, Niccolò.”

“No video games. I’ll inform you the place she is. I swear!”

“What would cease you from driving away from right here with out telling me the reality, hmm?”

“Come on, Lucas. You realize in addition to I try this, you’ll have somebody watching and following me. It’s my solely assurance that you simply’ll let me get away. After all, I’ll inform you the reality.”

I locked my jaw and glared at him. However I launched him, and he fell to the cement. I glanced at Bruno, and he whistled, calling a number of capos to our facet.

“Take Riccardo to his automobile,” I stated. The capo gave me a questioning look. “Let him drive away—solely after he’s instructed me the place Penelope is.”

He nodded and smacked Riccardo on the again of his head, and Riccardo staggered ahead.

After they disappeared, Bruno spoke up. “Are you going to let him go?”

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