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Massimo and the others are staring at me.

"I'll do whatever it takes."I'll use every ounce of violence I'm capable of."Do you know where she is?"

I have no idea how he knows Eden is even missing. His next words answer that.

"Axin followed Eden when she left Gilly's with a drone; he's been following her since she was taken."

I ignore Ash and Dom's increasingly quizzical looks as excitement at the hunt and kill ripples through me, awakening the unhinged beast that lives within me.

"They're headed toward San Jose," Ohith says.

"Toward San Jose," I repeat, and Massimo's eyes widen. He moves to Raf and Alfonzo, talking with them quietly. "Our enemies, Mancini and Novak, just happen to be holed up there as well. What a fucking coincidence."

One where they both have connections to the attack on Eden through the tattoo on the assailants matching Morales and Novak's soldiers.

We've already assessed that Novak and Mancini—even with Tocci's possible reinforcements—wouldn't be able to overthrow us. But if they were also working with Lixin and Amazu, who were trying to recruit Dom as their third Chamber vote in whatever their end goal was…

This could be the play here. However, I still couldn’t figure out how Eden or Gilly’s factored into it. But now wasn’t the time to unravel this mystery.

Now was the time to get my woman back. And making those who dared to take herbleed and scream.

"Come prepared for a full-on assault," Ohith orders. "I'll be in touch."

He hangs up, and Ash asks me, "Novak… As in, the head of the Czech mafia?"

I nod, and Dom frowns. "Who the fuck is Mancini?"

"A rival Don from Boston."

"The conspiracy against Gilly's and Ed overlaps with Santoro business and enemies." Ash's jaw works.

"Looks that way," Massimo says.

"Who the hell were you talking to, Vito?" Dom demands.

I straighten my jacket. "Eden has her own circle of people protecting her."

He narrows his eyes. "Eden?And how the fuck do you know this?"

Massimo knocks his knuckles on the desk. "We can discuss those details later."

He'd prefer never; however, if Dom and Ash accompany us to recover Eden, they'll know it all by the end. They'll witness my ferocity in attacking; they'll see Ohith and Axin in the flesh.

"I need to know if you're in or out," Massimo grits. "Because we can't delay much longer."

Ash and Dom exchange a look, then say in unison, "In."

My grin is unhinged and feral. "Buckle up, boys. We're going to soak the ground in red."

Chapter 37

Eden

Myneckhurtsasmy chin rests on my chest, but I resist the urge to lift my head out of the uncomfortable position. I'm keeping my enemy unaware that I'm awake.

I've slowly regained consciousness and taken stock of what I can while keeping my eyes closed.

Both my arms and legs are tied to a chair. I'm in a place that smells musty and abandoned. Based on listening to the conversations, I'm with at least five men, and two more have just entered the room.

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