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Bound by Blood Part Ninety-Eight
Hunter strolled down the hall and headed to the large kitchen of the compound. She hadn’t emerged from their private rooms for the whole day. Lev hadn’t been kidding, he hadn’t waited. She’d been too sore to walk properly and no way would she show weakness to anyone.It was barely six a.m. and she’d left Lev snoring softly on his side. She hadn’t yet explored the compound and she was curious as to who else lived there. She needed coffee desperately. She’d kill for a good cup right about now.The kitchen was large and had a restaurant feel to it with the industrial ovens and stainless steel counters. Pots and pans hung from one wall and two large fridges stood side by side. Directly in front of her were five different coffee machines.Hunter smiled victoriously as she found the coffee pods in the cabinet above the coffee machines. She found a large cup and switched the coffee machine on with the pod nestled safely inside. She smiled again as the machine hummed to life.“You’re very pre
Bound by Blood Part Ninety-Nine
The door to Faro’s quarters opened and Eris walked in. His eyes held a glint of coldness as he walked towards his twin and sat down on the opposite couch. Faro looked up at Eris and wondered what was wrong with him.He looked different, like he was angry but he’d also seen remorse in his eyes. Faro couldn’t quite figure it out but he knew that Eris would tell him, in time.“This is bullshit, Faro,” Eris said and sighed.“He’s the head of this family.”Eris shook his head and chuckled. “It’s easy for him to order you to marry that woman. He married a decent woman and Rafaella is at least half Italian. His children won’t be fucking bastards with mixed blood.”“Neither will mine because I won’t touch that woman. She’s a fucking Makolli. What the fuck was Dominic thinking making an alliance with that man?” Faro’s anger was palpable and Eris could feel it in himself.“First the fucking Russians and now the Albanians. He’s weakening us. We have to stop him, Faro.”Faro looked at his brother
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Gage sat on a wingback chair and watched the door of the bedroom open slowly. The gun on his lap felt like an extension of his body. His heart rate was even and his breathing was slow and calm. The lights were switched on and he aimed the gun as the man stopped in front of Gage.“Fuck, Gage. You nearly gave me a heart attack,” he said and smiled nervously.“It’s the end of the line for you, Alejandro,” Gage said and squeezed the trigger.The dart struck Alejandro in his neck and his hand automatically rose to the spot as the tranquilizer ejected into his body and within seconds he slumped to the floor. Gage put the gun back in the holster and bent to pick Alejandro up.Five hours later, Gage parked his bike in front of the warehouse where he’d left Alejandro chained to a wall. He’d be waking up soon and he could feel the blood pumping in his veins in excitement at giving Anya her revenge.It was a twisted start to their relationship and Gage could feel his groin tightening at the thou
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“We have a big fucking problem,” Hudson said and slapped the newspaper down on Dominic’s desk.Faro sat in front of the desk next to Gage with Austin, Cooper and Ethan lounging on the sofas. Gage picked the newspaper up, scanned the article and grinned. Dominic regarded Gage coolly and he knew. They’d found Alejandro Esposito’s body.Dominic took the newspaper and looked at the article. Gage was now chuckling and he unlocked his phone and handed it to Dominic. Screams filled the study and Hudson adjusted himself in his pants.“Sick fuck,” Cooper whispered as the rest of them chuckled.“Fuck, Gage.” Dominic’s hard gaze landed on Gage but his expression betrayed nothing as he watched the video. He paused the video halfway and looked at Gage. “Connect it to the television.”Gage busied himself connecting his phone to the television as they all moved to the sofas. Dominic looked warily at Faro. “You might want to leave for this part.”“Why?” Faro frowned as he made himself more comfortabl
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Lev stalked down the hallway to Nikita’s apartment and hammered on the door. His heart was thumping against his ribcage and he had no idea how any of this was possible. Yana couldn’t have made it up, he knew that.“Lev?” Nikita’s frown greeted him through the open door before he stepped out.“We need to talk, outside,” Lev said and motioned to his ears.Nikita nodded his head and closed the door behind him, but Lev stopped him. “Fuck, leave Yana with Katarina.”Twenty minutes later, they stood outside on the lawn. Nikita had his hands on his hips as he looked at a worried Lev. “What the fuck is going on?”“You remember Timo?”Nikita’s hands clenched into fists. “You found him?”Lev shook his head. “I don’t know how the fuck this is possible or what the fuck kind of psychic bullshit is going on around here.” Lev took a deep breath. “Yana spoke to Hunter. Actual words, Nikita.”“Impossible, she doesn’t even talk to me,” Nikita said.“She told Hunter that she doesn’t like staying in your
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“The contract is signed and Inara has been claimed,” Agron said, looking into the camera of his laptop.“That’s good work, Agron. My daughter now fully belongs to you,” Rocco said with a grin.“It took Dominic less time to arrive at my house than you said it would. They’re figuring things out fast and I’m sure Lorenzo Altobella will be dead sooner than you think. I’ve told Dominic everything,” Agron said and leaned back against his seat.“Does Inara think you love her?”Agron grinned. “Of course she does. She gave herself to me willingly. Everything is in place.”Rocco’s hand smoothed over his beard as he nodded his head. “I don’t like that Dominic has an alliance with the Russians. Volkov will fuck us on the gun sales, same with the imports and exports.”“Dominic is not the one you should be worried about, it’s Gage,” Agron said and relayed how Gage had broken into his house without tripping the alarms or alerting his men that had been on watch that night.“Gage? Are you sure? He’s a
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Sihana sat in the back of the SUV and looked out at the countryside rushing past her. She didn’t like this. She hated the idea of getting married to some unknown man, a man she had no idea how he would treat her.She was a free human being but because her last name was Makolli, she was being traded like cattle. To make matters worse, this man was half Italian. She’d always thought she’d marry someone of her choice.When her parents had died when she was sixteen, Agron had just turned eighteen, and he’d taken over looking after her and Endrit. He’d had to grow up and be the man of the house. She would always be thankful for what he’d done but she still hated this.Her family had never been rich, in fact, they’d come here from Albania with very little. Her father had opened a small construction company and her mother had worked for him there. Local gangs had ruled the area where they lived and violence was the order of the day.She clenched her eyes shut as the memories spilled into her
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Isadora took a deep breath and knocked on Dominic’s office door. She’d made an appointment to see him, not sure that it would be granted but the fact that the appointment hadn’t been canceled gave her hope.The door was opened and Gage smirked at her. “Hello, Isadora.”“Gage,” she said and turned to look at him as he walked past her toward the elevators. She wiped her palms over her skirt and walked into Dominic’s office. He was seated behind his desk, his laptop open and his phone lying next to it. A bottle of water stood on a coaster and she felt nervous suddenly. She hadn’t seen Dominic in so long and he looked good, better than she remembered.“Miss Watkins,” Dominic said and stood up. She hated the formal way he was treating her but she had been the one to walk out.“Hello Dominic, it’s good to see you again.”Dominic remained impassive and once she closed the door behind her, he sat down again. “Is there a problem with Vittori Ads? If so, you should’ve gone to see Eris, not me.
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The sniper teams had dealt with the men sent to the house so swiftly that Rafaella hadn’t even known it had happened. Hudson had given them the all clear and she’d asked about Dominic first.“He’s fine, Rafi, I spoke to Cooper, they’re all fine,” Hudson said.“Then this is the perfect time for us to leave,” she said.“You got what you need?” Hudson asked her.“Yes. Let’s go before they know we’re gone,” Rafaella said.Hudson led Rafaella out of the house and into the garage. He took the smaller SUV and they sped away from the house. The other men were busy dealing with the dead bodies and the women were all safely in their quarters.“You did everything I asked?”Hudson looked at Rafaella in the rearview mirror. “I did.” She nodded her head. “Are you sure you want to do this, Rafi?”“I’ve never been surer of anything in my life, Hudson,” she said as her hands cradled her pregnant stomach.“Dominic’s not going to be happy about this.” She knew Hudson was right. Dominic’s temper was lege
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Twenty minutes later, Cooper slowed the SUV down and Gage looked at Dominic. “See you soon, brother.” The door opened and Gage was out of the car. Cooper sped up again the moment the door closed and Dominic could feel everything inside him settle.Tonight everything would end, one way or another.Cooper pulled the SUV up at the specified warehouse. Three men stood outside the door and watched them warily. Their hands reached for their weapons as the doors opened and Dominic climbed out.“Mr. Vittori is waiting inside,” one man said.The other two men stepped closer to them and started patting them down. Dominic had expected it and neither he nor Cooper were armed. Ethan had been somewhere on a rooftop since the sun set with his sniper rifle and he’d start taking the men out when Gage gave him the signal.Dominic walked into the warehouse first, Cooper following close behind him. He hadn’t liked the idea of bringing any of his men with him, but they’d argued and Cooper had told him tha
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Sniper teams were waiting at the compound, Agron’s house and Dominic’s country house. Each woman had three men with her and security at Dominic’s house had been doubled. Austin and Hudson were in strategic places on the ground floor of the house.Dominic sat in the rear while Cooper drove the SUV and Gage sat next to Dominic. He had his head resting on the headrest with his eyes closed and Dominic had no idea how he remained so impassive.The trip to the warehouse took them forty-five minutes and Dominic was itching for a fight. He wanted to feel his knuckles split open on Rocco’s face and see the fucking bastard bleed. He could even feel it in the tightening of his groin.“I get it now,” Dominic said.Gage opened his eyes and turned to look at him. “Get what?”Dominic chuckled. “I get why Hudson gets aroused by blood.”“Fuck,” Cooper muttered from the front and Gage laughed.“I’ve always been aroused by it. I just hide it better than Hudson,” Gage said.“There’s a difference between
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Gage’s eyes snapped open as a door opened on the far side of the building. He’d been in the ceiling for two days, waiting for the perfect moment. The plan was a fucking good one, even he could admit it.They’d spent three weeks going over the details. For the first time in their history, three crime families were working together to take out the godfather of la famiglia. Rocco Vittori had surrounded himself with soldiers.It was a good thing that he was afraid, because Gage was pissed off and his patience was wearing thin. He wanted Rocco’s blood so much that he could taste and smell it. The women were at the country house, being watched by their men.Dominic would take Cooper with him, Lev would take Sasha and Agron would have Granit with him. Gage worked alone, he didn’t need back-up, he was first in line, back-up and the middle man.Gage closed his eyes again and listened intently as footsteps neared the office. “All I’m saying is, tonight’s meeting with Dominic will end in blood.”
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“You’ve got to be fucking kidding me!” Dominic growled. The documents in front of him told the same story Faro just did, but he didn’t want to believe it. He was pissed that Eris kept his problems to himself.Dominic would have helped him, he’d always help all of them, blood was blood and they were bound by it. They all had the middle name ‘Rose’ for a reason. It was their mother’s maiden name and for them it was as strong as the blood that made them family.Faro sat in the chair in front of his desk, the proof spread out over his desk. Fucking Eris. “Sihana found it. She said he was broke, Dominic. He had a few grand in his account, the others were empty.”“Drugs. That’s the only explanation,” Dominic said, sounding a lot calmer. No matter how angry he felt now, Eris would always remain his brother, even in death. He should’ve seen the signs of Eris’s freefalling earlier, but he hadn’t, Faro had.He also blamed himself. If his relationship with Eris had been better, he might have bee
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Sihana woke up to light kisses on her bare shoulder. She shifted onto her back and looked at Faro’s face. His hair was tousled and she could see it was still dark out. “What’s wrong?” Her voice was thick from sleep and she cleared her throat.“Why did you leave?” Faro’s voice was soft but he sounded wide awake.“Because you were being an asshole and I wanted to sleep peacefully,” Sihana said and turned away from him.Faro moved up right against her. “You know how I feel about waking up without you. It’s our bed for a reason.”“Then don’t be an asshole to me right before you go to sleep,” she said.“I wasn’t being an asshole. I just disagreed with you,” Faro said.“The truth is still the truth, you’re not a bookkeeper, I am. Eris was skimming money from the strip clubs. I showed you the proof,” Sihana said. “You have to tell Dominic.”“Fuck, Sihana. Do you have any idea what that’s going to do to him?”Faro’s arm snaked over her hip and his hand cradled her stomach. She felt sorry for
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Inara clamped her hand over her mouth and retreated away from the kitchen. Her heart was thudding loudly in her chest. She’d woken up half an hour earlier and pulled on her robe, wondering where Agron was.He never left without waking her and she’d gone downstairs for some water when she’d overheard something that might get her killed. She took a deep breath and quietly made her way upstairs again and slid back into bed.By the time Agron joined her, she had her eyes closed and her heart had stopped betraying her. She tried not to stiffen when his arm encircled her waist and his mouth nuzzled her neck. She felt like an idiot. Agron had played her, had played her whole family and it was all her fault.She must have fallen asleep at some point because the sun’s rays woke her and Agron was still wrapped around her. She hated the fact that she’d given herself to him willingly. Hated that she’d fallen in love with him.She understood the saying better now, there really was a fine line betw
Bound by Blood Part One Hundred and Twenty-One
The trial had dragged on for two more weeks and Dominic was glad that the end was in sight. The jury was deliberating the outcome but he wasn’t focused on that anymore. They were back in the city and headed to Rafaella’s gynecologist.Hudson had accompanied her to her other appointments while he was stuck in court and they’d decided to wait until he could be with her to find out the genders of their babies. Dominic couldn’t remember a time he’d been more excited about something.“Mrs. Vittori?” The nurse called out their name, and Dominic stood up to help Rafaella to her feet.Dominic had his hand on the small of Rafaella’s back as the nurse led them down a hallway and into an examination room. She took Rafaella’s blood pressure and made notes on the chart for the doctor.“You can get comfortable on the examination bed with your shirt up. Dr. Rehmeyer will be in shortly,” the nurse said and left the room.“After this trial, I think we should go away for a bit, someplace you can relax,
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Isadora had taken the stand and sworn to tell the whole truth. Dominic’s rage flared up again the moment she opened her mouth and started lying. He knew Halden had coached her. The things she was testifying to hadn’t been made public knowledge and he’d never said a word to her about it.It took all his self-control not to lash out at her or call her a lying whore in front of the whole courtroom. She was a woman scorned but Dominic could see himself wrapping his hands around her neck and choking the life out of her. He could almost understand Hudson’s fascination with it.Mitchelson stood up with a stoic look on his face. “Miss Watkins, would you say that you were close to Mr. Vittori during your relationship?”“Yes,” Isadora said. “We were very close.”“Mr. Vittori shared things with you, personal things?”Isadora shifted in her seat. “Yes.”“Can you tell the court what the name of Vittori Ads’ sister company in Japan is named?”Isadora blinked and Dominic’s lips twitched but he fough
