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“We need to have a serious talk, Hunter.”“About my upcoming marriage alliance?” She looked Dominic square in the eye and didn’t waver once. Hunter never shied away from confrontation, much like Gage, and she could be volatile as well.“Yes.”“Then we should talk,” she said and walked back into the house.Gage grinned and Dominic wondered how much he’d told Hunter and if she was silently planning some sort of revenge. She was Gage’s twin after all and even female, she was dangerous in many ways. Dominic had insisted that they all train with his men, Hunter too. Inara had been the exception since she was at boarding school, but that would change soon.Eris and Faro followed behind Dominic as he walked into the house and headed to his study. Faro made coffee and Dominic settled behind his desk. It was a position of power that he didn’t need to establish with his sister but the distance would help when she tried to strangle him. Dominic smiled at that since it was a high possibility.Whe
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“I can send a car for you in the morning,” Dominic said over the phone.Inara smiled and put the cap of her pen back on. “I’m fine here and I like the quiet when everyone’s gone home for a few days.”“We miss you, Inara,” he said.“I miss you too but you just got married and you’re still in that honeymoon phase,” Inara said. She closed her eyes briefly, knowing that if Dominic asked once more, she’d relent and give in.Dominic chuckled. “What do you know about any honeymoon phase?”“Nothing, but I read and I watch television. It’s not hard to figure out what you do during the honeymoon phase,” Inara said.“Inara Rose Vittori. Any boy that dares touch you, will disappear,” Dominic said.It was Inara’s turn to laugh. Dominic only ever used her full name when he wanted to make a point or when she’d done something wrong. “Nobody’s touching me anywhere although I’ve been asked to prom.”“By whom?”“He’s just a boy in my school. His father works for the president or something,” she said.“I
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They all grinned at the thought of Hunter making that meeting more interesting and Dominic wasn’t sure if Hunter would pick up on the tension between him and Rafaella. He knew Hudson wouldn’t say a word because Hunter would cut his balls off in his sleep.They discussed Faro’s plan for an hour and everyone agreed on hiding their assets and living off their trust funds for the time being. Gage’s solution was still to just kill Rocco and for once Eris agreed with him. He almost never agreed with Gage and he chose now to do it.“I’m just saying, it’s not a completely bad idea,” Eris said.“It’s a terrible idea,” Faro said and shook his head.“All I’m saying is that if Rocco so much as sniffs in Hunter’s direction, Dante is a dead man,” Gage said.“You’d still be breaking the famiglia oath.”“He’s not family,” Eris said.“He is famiglia,” Gage said and gritted his teeth.“What’s going on with the Albanians?” Eris asked.“I don’t know.”Dominic hated not knowing things. The Albanians were
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Inara sat down at the table and blinked her eyes a few times. The lamp seemed to shine directly into her eyes. She gasped when the lamp was moved and illuminated his face, because she never thought he’d be involved.His dark hair was oiled back, something that had always disgusted her. His dark eyes held malice and he was the complete opposite of what she was used to. She’d never been close to him even though they shared the same blood.“I think it’s time for some truths to come to light,” he said.“And what truths are those? That you’re a traitor?”He laughed, the sound deep and at any other time it would’ve soothed her, but not now. “How am I a traitor?”“You kidnapped me!”“How can I kidnap my own daughter?” She wanted to wipe that smug smile from his face but she gritted her teeth instead. He watched her with interest, noting that his words hadn’t surprised her. “You know.”Inara didn’t even blink. “Yes.”“Well, then this conversation might go a lot easier,” he said.“Why did you
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Dominic pulled Rafaella’s chair out and sat down next to her. His brothers, Hunter and his men all took their seats around the table. The waitress took their drink orders and they were left alone. He’d handed the reins of Vittori Ads over to Eris and he didn’t ask any questions. He didn’t want to know.“I like these little impromptu family dinners,” Hunter said.Dominic took Rafaella’s hand and she nodded her head. “Since we’re all together we might as well share our news. Rafaella’s four weeks pregnant.”“What! That’s fantastic!” Hunter beamed.Gage picked up his glass and tilted it towards Dominic. Hudson’s glare became more prominent as everyone else congratulated them. Dominic didn’t break eye contact with him and Hudson finally nodded his head as well and stood up from his seat.“Congratulations, Rafi. I’m very happy for you,” Hudson said as he hugged her and kissed her cheek.“Thank you, Hudson, I really appreciate you,” Rafaella said and smiled at him.“It better not be a Domin
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Inara ended the call and wiped the stray tear from her cheek. She looked out of the windscreen at the dormitory building in front of her. Agron Makolli now also had the code for the gate and he shifted slightly in his seat.She had just lied to her brother for the first time in her life. She wasn’t stupid enough to think nobody would get hurt because of this. Dominic would wage war for her, for any of them and now she’d placed a death sentence on the Russians.“See, that wasn’t so hard. Now you just have to remember that I’m watching everything you do on your phone,” Agron said.“Are you going to kill me now?” Inara asked him. Maybe it would be better if he killed her before the Russians found out she was the one that had pointed Dominic in their direction. She also knew Dominic’s anger could be swift and lethal.“No, zemra ime. You will come to find that life with me will not be so bad. We each have a role to play and as long as you follow the rules then no harm will come to you.”“W
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Dominic walked back into the bedroom with a towel wrapped around his waist and faltered in his steps as Rafaella walked out of the dressing room. She was wearing one of the sets of lingerie he’d seen her unpack in Italy, but hadn’t worn.Dominic shook his head and walked towards her. He took her wrist lightly in his hand and pulled her back to the dressing room. “Change.”“Why?” she asked him with a frown.“I can’t sleep next to you like that,” Dominic said.Rafaella chuckled and Dominic turned to look at her. “I thought maybe you’d like a chance to redeem yourself, but I’ll change if that’s what you want.”Realization flickered in his eyes and he pulled her against him. Dominic lowered his mouth and kissed her gently at first. His hands roamed down her back and he lifted her up so she could wrap her legs around him.His arousal was instantaneous and his cock twitched as she pressed herself against him. He moved them to the bed and gently lowered her while tugging the towel loose. Raf
Bound by Blood Chapter Sixty-Nine
Dominic sat down on the edge of the bed and placed the cup of tea on the nightstand. Rafaella looked so peaceful that he almost didn’t want to wake her. He didn’t want her to wake up alone either.He wondered how long it would be before Hudson told Gage what had happened in that car with him and Rafaella. Gage was the only one that would dare to take Dominic on. He had no doubts that Hudson would try to hurt him in a fit of rage but he wouldn’t be very successful.“Rafi,” he said softly and rubbed his hand over her arm. Her skin was warm and soft and if this meeting wasn’t crucial to their survival, Dominic would’ve said fuck it and stayed in bed with her.“What?” she asked grumpily and he smiled.“I’m sorry to wake you. I’m leaving in the next five minutes and I didn’t want you to wake up alone,” he said. “Remy will stay here with you until we return.”“Okay,” she mumbled.“About last night,” he said and watched as her eyes finally opened. “You won’t regret it.”“I hope not. I’d hate
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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
