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ANTONIO

What the actual fuck had just happened? Had the last few minutes happened? Was I dreaming? That would have made more sense than a woman whose throat Luca had slit being alive.

“So…” Alexis slapped her hands on her thighs and looked between the three of us. "That was enlightening."

“How the fuck is she still alive?” I tunneled my fingers through my hair, tugging at the strands. "It's impossible. No one would be able to recover from that kind of wound."

"You heard Amelia. She wore a scarf and heavy coat to cover her injuries." Cormac cursed as he paced along the length of the couch. "Fucking Allegro probably helped her escape in the first place. He'd be privy to some of our private chats, being so high up within the organization.”

Not anymore. He'll be fish food soon, rotting the bottom of the ocean and feeding the fish.

"The biggest question now is how do we stop them?"

I shook my head, my mind blank and out of options. I didn't know how we could do this.

“That’s the golden question, which I frankly don’t know the answer to.”

As much as it killed me, I had to say the words. Because they were true, I didn’t know how we would get out of this.

How could I fight an enemy that seemed to rise from the dead? How many men had my cousin swayed over to his side?

“We need to talk to the soldiers. See how deep Allegro’s corruption has gone.”

Miko interjected. “I’ve already started that. From the little I can tell, he was working on striking you where it hurt in your pocketbook. Without money, what could you do?”

"He's always been smarter than he seems." I ran my hands through my hair in agitation, cursing my leg again because I desperately wanted to pace along the room's length.

Alexis got up and crossed the room to stand before the wet bar we had situated in the living room. She gathered four glasses, placed a sphere of ice in each, then poured a healthy serving of my favorite bourbon. "I think we could all use this right now." She handed each of us glasses, and I took a slow sip.

When Alexis returned to sitting beside me, her posture was different. Her shoulders slumped, eyes downcast.

Miko and Cormac also noticed, and they came to surround her. "Hey, Princess." Miko grasped her chin and lifted it to meet his gaze. "We're going to beat this. Trust me; we've faced worse."

I nodded in agreement. "Allegro is Massimo's youngest son, but he's nothing compared to his father."

Allegro was a spoiled child trying to fight for what he thought was his birthright. Everyone in the organization knew I killed Massimo. Most even celebrated it. It was a hostile takeover, but he'd already been grooming me to take over, so everyone accepted it.

Apparently, Allegro had a different idea.

"Nothing more than a spoiled fucking brat who probably ran out of money, so now he's seeking 'revenge' against a father he hated just as much as I did." I let out a deep sigh, glancing down at my watch to see it was into the early morning hours. "There's little more we can do tonight. It's late."

Alexis stretched her arms out wide, and her jaw parted on a yawn. "I think we need to order a new bigger bed."

"I think that's a good idea,Tesoro." I grinned, looking forward to the day we all slept peacefully together without threats looming over our heads.

But unfortunately, given my position as head of the Cavalori empire, threats would be a daily occurrence.

Despite her protests, Cormac took Alexis into his arms and carried her toward the bed. If it were up to me, she wouldn't walk one step in this apartment or sit on her bottom. She was our precious omega and deserved to be spoiled to the best of our abilities.

Miko hung back as I gathered my crutches and got myself off the couch. "I'm searching for Lenora, too."

I nodded, thankful Miko was such a forward thinker. "She's probably deep in hiding with him."

Lenora was Allegro's childhood sweetheart and the beta he loved with all of his black heart. It was baffling how a man like that could love anyone beyond himself.

"She is, but I've been digging, and it seems she has a kid. It looks like it's Allegro's."

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