Capo Dei Capi (Secrets of the Famiglia Part 1) novel Chapter 35

My hand remains a temporary fixture to the open door of the warehouse. I listen attentively as I've done these last 10 minutes to the lot of them let Deno in on the little scene Leonardo witnessed a year ago.

Alec's death comes after. Only one thing here, which I find fascinating, is Alice's insinuations about Elisa.

Alice Moretti is a fucking bitch, a cold-hearted one at that, but she isn't stupid, and killing Ren would be a dumb move. Xander Moretti works for me, and he is loyal to a fault. His relationship with Alec took a considerable turn after he found out about his cousin's likings to young girls.

Deno has had every opportunity to inform the group in the room of these facts, but he simply listens. And as much as I want to end their story and my torture of having to listen to them, I don't.

“I say we kill Alice and get this fucking shit over with,” Michel says for the fifth time. The boy is out for blood, which could be a problem. We don't need the youngsters acting out of anger. After the Cartel’s shipment landed on the news just days before, we were under scrutiny. The cops believed our smaller Capo's were the big guns. It kept 'the businessmen' safe but hot smoke was hot smoke, and I didn't want my city filled with red-tape, it was terrible for business.

“No. We can’t just kill her without knowing for sure. She’s my sister.” Yes, now this is something to smile about. I had my suspicions for a while now, but I never knew for sure.

Elisa, well, that's a different story.

I know things about her that not many do. And those things I'm counting on were going to cause a ripple in the already suffocating air.

“You can't expect us to do nothing. Dammit Liya," Mero is the one screaming this time. The boys were a hot breed of testosterone. How Aliyana, the small ample chested girl handled four of them, were a mystery unto itself. But she did.

It always held me curious and now is no different.

Gabriel has not said a word since they arrived. Interesting, but not surprising. His father is known for his silence.

"Exactly. Everyone will be watching us, waiting for us to do something. Our people will expect it, you’re telling me that Alice wouldn't? What if she is carrying out the Russo’s orders? Or, as Gabriel pointed out earlier, she is looking for vengeance. We can’t just be brain-less, we need to be smart."

My phone rings, and I slip it out of my jacket pocket.

“What do you have?” I ask the man on the other side.

"I did," Deno interjects, "Marco will have the last say before any of you make a move. This is a lot bigger than you think."

Deno pulls his sleeves up, as I inhale the cement scented air that is mixed with hints of smoke.

Aliyana drops her gaze as I openly stare at her breast, confined in a small blue and white vest. Sartini knows how to breed. All his daughters were beautiful, with a unique quality that would make a king notice them from a crowd of millions. But, Aliyana and Alice were rare, they both possess more evil than good.

"It’s simple, The Russo..." Mero says

"Are innocent of this crime. I thought it was them too until the Bratva showed up asking for Diamond. After some digging, it made more sense that we were looking in all the wrong places. And Stagio was very generous with his offer to help avenge Ren’s death." I stop his words with my own.

My eyes remain fixated on Aliyana, standing in the center of the warehouse surrounded by four guys and a girl.

I walk toward her, stopping only when we are barely