Chapter 22.

Antonio POV.

Hearing my brother say he was leaving the family to be with the woman he loved hit me hard. Gianni may be many things he may be a giant pain in my ass, but to make the decision to leave the family. I never thought that would happen.

“We need to send a message back to them.” Gianni says, and I nod my head. Yeah, we do, but if we do that, then we are no better than them. Granted, we don’t mutilate women. That is something we don’t do. Sure, we have killed women, well not me personally, but my father and brother both have and I know they have more than once.

“What do you suggest? The only person that fucker has shown interest in is my woman. I will not be using her as bait. We want him dead and the only way to do that is to trap him, lure him out. He will come. How did she end up on the property in the back garden? That is what I want to know?” I say as I look around the dining table at my father, brother, and other capos.

“There was a delivery that was sent to the front doo