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Part Seventy-One
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Hunter climbed out of her car and walked towards the entrance door of Pulse. She could feel the bass thumping beneath her heels. She smiled at the large man that stood by the door who had been watching her from the moment her feet had touched the paved road.She had only touched up her lipstick before leaving Dominic’s penthouse. Not even her guards knew she’d slipped out of the building. She looked up at the big, blonde man and he grinned as he pulled the velvet rope to the side and granted her entrance.People complained loudly as he hooked the rope back onto the pole and Hunter walked inside the night club. Light strobes flashed and the music pulsed even more. Bodies grinded against one another on the dance floor and Hunter walked straight towards the bar.She’d spotted the men in the crowd, three at the bar, four on the dancefloor, two by the stairs and another two by the employee only door. She chose a seat right in the middle of the bar and the barman smiled as he leaned over th
Bound by Blood Part Seventy-Three
Lev regarded the woman in front of him. She was an enigma, a woman he hadn’t seen coming and she had surprised the hell out of him. She was a woman he could respect as his equal. She had no fear in her eyes and she could hold her own in the company of men.She was also strikingly beautiful, her eyes were an amazing blend of hazel and gold and it gave her an innocent look and belied the true power she had. He’d known it was her the moment she sat down at the bar. The surprise though was that he had thought she’d be a spoiled Italian bitch but instead he saw an intelligent woman that used her head.“Hold it against your knuckles. Do you want a drink other than vodka?” Lev asked her.Hunter smiled now knowing that Lev had been watching her. “Bourbon.”“Hmm, good choice. I prefer bourbon myself.”Lev filled two tumblers half way with bourbon and placed her glass on the desk. Hunter sat down on the edge of the desk and moved until she was comfortable. Lev didn’t say a word but remained sta
Bound by Blood Part Seventy-Four
Hunter hadn’t said anything to Lev’s comment about liking feisty women. He would realize soon enough that she was well equipped to deal with any situation as it arose. She was good at reading people, something she shared with Gage.Lev didn’t seem like the typical Russian mafia man either. His eyes spoke of intelligence, the same intelligence she’d seen in that proposal he’d given Dominic. This man knew what he wanted and how to get it.The door to Lev’s office opened again and Nikita stepped inside. He had a bandage over his nose where the skin had been broken and he had the tell-tale raccoon eyes of someone who’s nose had been broken.“Nikita, I’d like to formally introduce you to Hunter Vittori.”Nikita looked at Hunter where she now stood in front of the large windows. She smiled at him and he gritted his teeth. Never before in his life had a woman taken him down, it took three of Lev’s men to take him to the floor when they trained and she’d done it in seconds.“I apologize for m
Bound by Blood Part Seventy-Five
Dominic regarded Lev with interest. He hadn’t objected to Gage taking his cousin so he must have seen something in Gage’s eyes that settled him. Neither Faro nor Eris were equipped to deal with that girl’s trauma. As hard and cold as Gage was, his protectiveness over people he cared about was on another level. That girl would be safest with him because he’d see her as his.“My sister is now under your protection. Our families share the same values. My sister is not to be touched before the alliance contract is signed. Once you have pledged your family to ours on paper, you may touch her, not before. I’m not too worried about you hurting her, she can look after herself,” Dominic said.“Then we will exchange women when we sign the alliance contract. I know your family is big on virginity so I have to admit that Anya is not one,” Lev said.Dominic had already ascertained that the woman had been touched, hurt, and most probably brutalized. Gage was taking on a fuck load of responsibility b
Bound by Blood Part Seventy-Six
“This could’ve gone very wrong for you, Hunter.”Dominic’s fist clenched on his leg as Cooper drove them back to his apartment building. What she’d done was risky in the first place but also ingenious. She’d done what neither Lev nor Dominic could do and brought them together peacefully.“I’m not stupid, Dominic. He would have either listened or sent me on my way. He listened, you’re welcome,” Hunter said.Dominic grinned but it wasn’t a friendly grin. “You forced me into a situation.”“Oh, please, you would’ve done the exact same thing. This is what we need and you’re just pissed off because it’s me that brought it to the table.” Hunter’s voice had risen at the end.“You placed yourself in danger, Hunter. You went inside their territory and called out their boss! You broke his man’s nose! What the fuck were you thinking of going alone?” Dominic was only slightly pissed off with her, but he respected her courage more. She was a true Vittori.“I knew he wouldn’t hurt me.” Hunter’s voice
Bound by Blood Part Seventy-Seven
Inara watched Agron drive away through her dorm window and she closed the blinds before she opened her suitcase. How the hell had everything turned to shit so quickly? She’d known that Rocco was her biological father since she was sixteen.She hadn’t cared then and she certainly didn’t care now. He was nothing to her, not even an uncle. She’d always wondered why her brothers didn’t like him, but now she knew. He was a snake and he was pawning her off!She’d never told anyone because Conrad had asked her not to say a word, that she was still his daughter and that biology didn’t change anything. Inara wondered now if she should have just told Dominic the truth.She hadn’t known her mother, didn’t know details of her death either, only that she’d died but once or twice throughout her life, she’d heard Dominic talking. Rocco had been exiled for a few years and now he was back to take his revenge.She didn’t want Dominic to go to war for her and she knew he would, they all would. Her broth
Bound by Blood Part Seventy-Eight
Gage sat in the dark living room, watching the view of the city across the horizon. Darkness had always been his friend. It had to be. He’d made the darkness a part of himself, just like Dominic had.Gage didn’t fear the darkness, he welcomed it. He’d been young when he realized that the darkness could be his friend rather than his enemy. It hadn’t really been a choice, it had happened naturally and Gage had found his place in this world, in the darkness.** The hallway always seemed so long but that day it was the odd noises that drew him out of his room. He’d always been a light sleeper and even at the age of three, he’d moved stealthily. The door was ajar and the light was on.“No! Don’t touch me!”The slap across her face was so forceful that she turned and fell on the bed. He was on top of her in an instant, pulling her nightdress up her back. The sound of his zipper being pulled down seemed too loud but it was her sobs that would stay with him forever.The grunts came later and
Bound by Blood Part Seventy-Nine
Gage’s penthouse apartment was one of minimalist luxury. He hadn’t thought of a woman in his space when he’d bought and decorated it and now as he looked around he wondered what Anya would think.It wasn’t really a question of whether he would like her, he had to like her. He was going to sign a contract where he vowed to protect her, care for her, and spend his life with her. Every such contract had a few clauses, an heir being one of them. It cemented the ties of family between the two parties and Gage had no objection to fucking his wife, even if he had no idea what she looked like.He would come to care for her, he knew he would. He’d been raised with the knowledge that he’d never marry for love but for alliances and it made it easier. This way he knew they were in the exact same position. She wouldn’t like him for his status, money, or looks. It was just a business deal with sex thrown in as a bonus.He’d met up with Lev the previous night and they’d sat in his office above Pulse
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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
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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
