Capo Dei Capi (Secrets of the Famiglia Part 1) novel Chapter 36

I walk toward her, stopping only when we are barely three feet apart. She reminds me of a small lioness I once saw in Africa when I was touring. So little, but filled with so much potential.

Her very being is designed to kill. The world she lives in is akin to a jungle, where only the most brutal of villains make it just a day longer. Everybody for themselves. Yet, looking at her now with all these people around us, I can see her need to just belong. Sad girl.

"So what? Now you blaming my mother’s people?" Aliyana fires back. So much spirit.

"He isn't blaming anyone Aliyana. Give him a chance." Deno reasons, but I know it isn’t really a question.

"Your mother's people didn't kill Ren either. So sheath those claws. What they did do was open our eyes to a much larger picture. My brother was loyal to everyone, but he was never openly honest with anyone. Not fully anyway. There are a few things you all need to know, which is why Deno decided on this meeting. If you decide to avenge his death, you should know who you are up against."

"As much as I love this little conversation, I want to know how we are going to get justice. The who, is the least of my worries, I got shit to do," Sienna points out, glancing at her nails, but those keen blue eyes of hers see way more than she'll confess.

"We will get to that. This is more complicated than you guys think," Deno says.

"Fine, who is it?" Sienna asks with a groan.

"We think it's a little closer to home, but not too close that we need to clip your wings and tell you to stand the fuck down," I answer.

"What my brother is saying, we need to be sure. Which means we are going to get substantial proof before we act. We want you all to get close to someone."

"Who?" Aliyana asks this time. And I would never confess this, but looking at all these youngsters, I can honestly say that I am rethinking my decision to tell them.

"His name is Dylan Creston. His father is a scientist, works for the Government testing high-end drugs on soldiers. He recently bought himself a restaurant uptown. I'm sure you all have heard of it, Cristen."

"Yeah, GABRIEL, and I frequent the place. Why would they want to kill Ren?" Michel questions.

"That you can ask your pretty friend here," Deno points to Sienna.

She looks at all of us, and a small smile dances on her lips. The girl is a lot like her mother. Pity, she'll never know the woman who gave birth to her.

"I was wondering how long I had before you figured it out."

"Dakota is the genius, the Government and other significant groups keep hidden. Her mind is beautiful yet, dark and cruel. She is destructive to anyone around her. Except for Kylie, no one is safe."

Sienna lifts up her top, revealing a scar on the side of her stomach, her eyes downcast, saying a million things she'll never allow herself to admit. The exiled daughter.

"Her mind is a complex place, it creates stuff that is godlike in nature, but like nature's way, always has a dual purpose, and in the wrong hands can destroy countries. When she was younger, the things she made were small. Mostly pranks, but as she got older, she started making ammo for her dad and them to sell. She wanted to help him raise enough money to expand his shop, as you can imagine, daddio didn't see anything wrong with that. But Diamond got it into her head that a walking man-machine was better for her dad's market. She didn't consider what implications that would entail or the fact that daddio would get caught for selling high-end guns. But Ren did. Ren stole the drug back from the only client who got his hands on it, but the man already started testing it."

"Mr. Creston?" Mero queries.

"Yes."

"So you telling us he killed Ren?"

"She's telling you that the Government could have killed Ren. Mr Creston works in the military, for the special ops. If Ren found out about the drugs and stole them, then it means they saw him as a means to an end and also a threat to what they really want," I tell them, which is true, but there was one more thing missing in this puzzle, and that is why Ren believed the Russo's were following him. Everything that my hacker has found leads to the Government. What am I missing?