Chapter 5 - BLOOD TIES
Dante was not a man to go quietly. From the guest house, he managed to smuggle a burner phone. He contacted the Lucchese family, offering them Vincent’s territory in exchange for his rescue and installation as the new head of the Moretti family.
The hit came three days before Christmas.
Vincent was in the garden with Ellie, showing her how to feed the winter birds, when the front gates were breached. Gunfire shattered the quiet morning. Vincent grabbed Ellie, tucking her against his chest, and sprinted for the reinforced panic room in the basement, his mind snapping back into the ruthless tactician he had been before grief hollowed him out.
