Dante's POV
"Capo, abbiamo un problema"
Fùck! Another fùcking problem!
"Che cosa?" I furiously growled,
"Alcuni dei nostri uomini sono stati trovati morti." Tony announced,
"What the fūck!"
My body shuddered with anger as I glare at Tony who stood at the doorway with his arms crossed against his chest. I just felt the burning desire to just kill someone right now because this was not how I planned all for it to go. If anything else happens, today will be a huge failure because it will bring my mafia down which I feared most.
"Where? How?" I growled in frustration as I run my fingers through my hair while I think of an alternative; I can't have another set of the crew turning up dead at my front door.
Tony stepped into the room and closed the door behind him before he turned back around and approached me. I feel my anger just growing as I sense this calm demeanour from him and just glare at him while I wondered why the fùck was he so calm about all this? Once he reached me, he gave me a small smile when he placed his hand on my shoulders and stared right through my eyes to calm me down.
"You need to calm down." He stated, "Putting up with this tough act will not help you at all, it will only make things worse Dante."
"I really don't understand why a problem like this has highlighted your quietude when really, you should be at rage." I growled, "They killed our men, our fùcking men!"
"I understand you but that's not a way to think like that before you retaliate. Dante, calm down before you take drastic measures that could end up killing you or another of your own."
I watched Tony as I soon began to feel my body just settle with composure; it was the least I could do. Tony is one of my step-brothers that my parents had adopted and ever since he has joined the family, he also joined the mafia because our name carried it all. In my eyes, he was no 'step-brother', he is my brother.
"Where has all this occurred?" I begin to question, "Tony just give me the damn location."
"The attack happened at one of your brothels." He confessed,
"Ok dettagli Tony! Which one?" I clapped my hands as I urged him,
"The private one, the one you often visit." He answered as he rolled his eyes and walked away from me from my failure of understanding him. I sensed his frustration right away and hated the feeling of just being guilt tripped but I have to fight back whether he or no one for a matter of fact, disliked or not.
I knew it from the very beginning that this day would come. I suspected that some motherfùcker would have the balls to challenge me and I was prepared, prepared for all the shít that was coming my way.
Tony's quiet growl knocked me out of my thoughts and I immediately glanced at him. He rubbed his chin as the other hand rested on his hip while it seemed like he was thinking of something to help the situation.
"Before you do anything, I want you to think about the consequence of your actions. If you go down there now, you'll end up dead." He reasoned,
"Do you take me as a fùcking fool Tony? What are you exactly trying to point out, that I'm weak?" I spat at him which made him very angry when he approached me. He was so close, I was able to detect his anger with the furious convulsions his body was experiencing.
"I don't give a shít about what you would look like if you didn't retaliate!" He seethed before he gripped the back of my neck with one of his hand and pulled me even closer. His eyes pinned mine as they were filled with rage. "The point is that they are here to kill you Dante! Are you fùcking dense? For Christ's sake, open your God damn eyes!"
I pulled away from his hold and instead, gripped his neck but I applied a little pressure on it. He inhaled a breath as he fought with me a little.
"I may be crazy but I'm not stupid Tony. Situations like this should be solved in a matter of ten minutes, so why the fùck do we need to negotiate when we all know that these motherfùcker are actually the dense ones for entering one of my properties?" I growled as I glare at Tony who managed to push me away from him.
"These are men who killed your men, so if they can do that they can finish you." He stressed, "And I get that you got it all under control with your weapons and-"
"Then what are you afraid of?" I cut him off,
"It's just.... it's just that last time it happened, we lost her." Tony said,
My body felt like it froze in it spot as my back immediately straightened. My stomach dropped when I was reminded of what he was speaking about. I tear my gaze away from Tony and look at the window as I endeavour to control my nerves, I had so many years to learn how to deal with it, today wasn't going to be a day where I fail.
"Dante...I'm sorry, man I shouldn't have..." Tony sighed nonchalantly as he placed a hand on my shoulder and embraced me before he pulled away. "Just be careful with what you do, you are the last person to fùck this up. I really don't want to attend a funeral." He gave me a stern look and I just gave him a firm nod before I smacked his shoulder.
"Get the cars ready will you Tony?" I say as I move away from him and gulp away the huge knot formed in my throat, "While you're at it, inform the ragazzi's about this. I'll need my family to help me with this one." I say before I hear Tony chuckle.
"You got it boss, right on it." He chuckled before he jogged out the room,
I stare at the door as I watched him leave and just think about what he said when his words just repeated in my head like an echo. I clenched my fists when I look away before I approach the window and glare at the fùcking sky. I fùcking hated everything.
And all this began when I lost her that day.
Adriana,
The only woman who I fell in love with, passed on and it kills me every time I hear the circumstances of her death because I couldn't do anything or be there to save her. It was all my fault and I was going to spend the rest of my life knowing that Adriana died all because of me.
I blinked a couple of times as I felt a tear escaping my eye. I shake the thoughts off and wipe my face before I turn to the table to grab the guns I would be using to kill every one of those motherfùckers who dared to step inside my brothel. I shoved them in my pockets before I turned towards the door and leave to obviously cause havoc.
We reached the brothel after some time so right now, I stood in front of my private property with my men right behind me. All our guns were ready to shoot but the only problem was that we had no idea where in the brothel these men were. According to Tony, there was men flooding the place so it was difficult for him to track which one was ours.
I instructed the boys that before we step in, we should hide our guns and spread out so nothing looks suspicious. Few of my men entered first before I entered and as soon as I did, my nose was filled with the metallic smell of blood; I just clenched my jaws as I roam my eyes around the place, nothing was touched. It was quiet in there; I saw a few women roaming around the place with half their pùssy and títs out for the world to see and a few men but no one in particular. I stood at the centre with an eager eye before I caught someone waving their hands from the corner of my eyes, just to get my attention. I turn my gaze towards it and see Tony gesturing for me to come upstairs. When I reach him, he places a finger against his lips before he proceeds to walk up the stairs.
I stop him from going on further before I take over, walking in front of him. This was my fight. I brought this fight on so I couldn't let Tony be the first one to get hurt. In fact, I would be damned.
My jaws clenched with anger when we reached the top to find the dead bodies of my men. They were scattered all around the hall and when my eyes bounced to each and every one of them, the finally met with the culprit who stood at the end of the hall.
Giovanni Gusto.
The cocksùcker who once worked with me now is working against me. He was a member of my Italian tribe, my mafia until I found that he had been snooping around to feed my inside information to the one and fùcking only, Vito Destefano. I still have no idea why the fùck he decided to shove himself up Destefano's ass but as soon as I heard that he was involved with him, I decided that I was going to assassinate him through Giovanni. I have been planning to end that bàstard for years now and it was now time.
He was the only reason why Adriana left and he was going repent for his wrong doings.
I glare at Giovanni with a determined look to kill him today because I no longer need him. He was not a relatable source to me anymore, in fact I was glad he came here today. For as long as I could remember, Giovanni was a very intelligent man, he knew what he was doing and he made sure that no one took him for shít. However when he worked along side with me, I learned that his biggest weakness was his father who treats him like he is worth nothing. Giovanni was a man with the looks and the brains so any stupid women would fall for his conniving traps. I know that once he uses them, they end up being dead or turning into his whore because he had no respect for them.
"Well, would you look at what we have here boys?" Giovanni said as his voice echoed through the hall. He spoke with so much enthusiasm and his voice laced with the accent that we all shared. "Dante Lombardi and his bítch." Giovanni chirped before he began to approach us with a herd of his men behind him
"Bítch?" I heard Tony chuckle beside me, "See it's rich coming from you because last time I checked, you were his bítch." I couldn't help but laugh inwardly at Tony's comment because it was true. The fùcker always has to crack a joke at a time like this when I strictly demanded that he should let go of the bad habit.
Still made me laugh though.
"Giovanni, I must say that it is quite bold of you to enter my property at a manner as such?" I say as we reach each other. My eyes pinned his hazel eyes as they watch me with amusement. He was evil but not as evil as me. "Do I sense a war that's about to begin that you," I jabbed the tip of my gun on his chest and as soon as I did, his herd of pùssies began to point their gun at me, "have started and will mostly likely die in it?"
"No, no. Nothing of that sort." He answered with a smirk, "I've come to pay a little visit, as you can clearly see. You really forgot me didn't you as I still haven't received an invite. Therefore, I came to congratulate you on your new business. I made quite the entrance didn't I?" He snorted as his pointed at the dead bodies of my men,
"You see Gusto, the thing is retaliation occurs when you provoke it, no? I really don't see why you go through the difficulty to prove your loyalty to your fùcktard boss by ending a few of my men's lives when you can just do that with one; mine."
"No," he shook his head, "I can't do that, that's my boss's job. Besides, where's the fun in it if I just kill you here, right now? I want entertainment like any other man would with this job." His laugh filled the hallways and as soon as it did, Tony who stood beside me began to laugh.
"It is really that or is it that you're just scared?" I suggested in a whisper, "Scared that I'll be the one to take your dead body to your boss so he can see for himself what he has gotten himself into?"
Giovanni stopped laugh when he blinked at both of with with anger stirring in his eyes. Venomous rage just filled his face as he clenched his teeth at my suggestion and it made me laugh because he was clearly offended. I buried one of my hand in my pocket while the other held my gun as I look at Giovanni with a smug look.
"I will not leave this place until I've got your body in my hands so I can drag it to Destefano. You got that right that this is war and I will win." He growled at me like a baby tiger.
I couldn't help but laugh at his face.
"Is that so?" I mock as I continue to laugh, "Don't you think it's an unfortunate idea to visit one of my brothels and threaten that you'll drag my body to Destefano who is next on out hit list?" I say with a smirk before I take the gun and point it at one of his bítch. Once I got a clear target, I pulled the trigger causing the díckhead to collapse onto the floor. "Come on gusto, keep up! If you take me to Destefano, he'll be the one to turn up dead." I tsked,
Rage soon turned into a death glare when Giovanni saw one of his men dead on the floor. He clenched his jaws and rolled his fists into a ball around his gun, the ones that little bítches use and then roared like a little tiger.
"Lombardi! You are going to regret this! Yes, sorely regret this!" Giovanni roared when he began to shoot fire that missed me. His men began to scatter around the place and just in time, my men reached us and began to knock each and every one of them down just like a bowling ball would do to the pins.
"Guarda e impara, Giovanni." I say as I target him with my gun and finally shoot,
"Fùck! Fùck, you're a dead man Dante!" Giovanni wailed as he collapsed to the floor. "Fùck!" He began to sob as he continued to threaten me so I reached him to see his face. It was painted with pain he clutched onto his injured leg, the floor underneath him was welcomed by a pool of his fresh blood that escaped out of his wound. I turn around for a second to see Tony and my other men fighting off the few bítches that came with Giovanni before I turn back to see him lose consciousness.
"Well, what do we have here?"
I turn to glance over my shoulder to see Fabio approach me. Once he reached me, he places his firm hand on my shoulder and watched Giovanni's body over my shoulder.
Fabio was another one of my adopted brother and to be honest, I couldn't ask for better people to work with because these guys were legends. They are my mafia brothers and my real brothers regarding the fact that they are adopted. In my eyes, we share the same blood and names therefore, he is my brother.
"Take him to the warehouse and keep him alive. We need to speak to him." I said as I shoved the gun back in the waistline of my pants.
"You got it." Fabio said before he dragged Giovanni's unconscious body out of the hall way and towards the stairs.
After a few hours of keeping a cautious glare on the fùcker who was roped to the chair, I had enough already so I demanded Fabio to do some digging.
"Dante, this asshole is clean. All the records shows that he worked with us but what he did after doesn't show up at wall. He has nothing that could get us to Destefano right away." Fabio said as he scrolled through the iPad, the only source of bright light that was present at this dull place.
I clenched my fists as I glare at the iPad that he held; I was going to smash that thing into pieces. We had everything ready so Destefano should've been dead by now however, the motherfùcker took of to a new location that we have been trying to find for the last week. I've spent five years planning this only for him to ruin it again, this time nothing will slip through my fingers. I will make sure I hunt for this díckhead and kill him for everything he has done.
My reverie came to an end when a groan filled my ears and as soon as it did, all of our heads snapped towards the direction of where the groan was coming from; it was Giovanni. Fabio places the iPad down while Tony handed me a gun and a knife. Once time settled, Giovanni shook his head as he opened his eyes only to realise he was tied up on a chair. His groans filled the room when he began to struggled out of the chair through the ropes that were wrapped around him and he tried to escape but only winced at his injured leg. I clenched my fists as I watch this fùcker before I turn my gaze to Fabio who nodded his head with furrowed brows.
"I wouldn't do that if I was you." Tony advised him, "Sit still tigrotto, the pain will only progressively get worse. We wouldn't want to deal with your dead body just yet." Tony mocked him as he walked around him. Tony then grabbed a fistful of his hair and yanked it down so he can face us. I nodded my head at Tony and then approached Giovanni. Once I did, I kneel down and watch his pale disoriented face.
"You did good Lombardi, look at the state of me." Giovanni groaned as he bit his lips to deal with the pain but I just glare at him with such hatred. It's not the fact that he betrayed us, it the fact that he has connections with Destefano, the one person I really want dead. I want to end him right now but I need answers and in order for me to do that, I need to keep my urges at bay. When it comes to killing him, I will take my fùcking time just to give him that slow, painful death he deserves.
"I did tell you to watch and learn, didn't I?" I uttered as I get up and watch him as his face twists into all sorts from the pain on his leg. "Do you know why you're here Giovanni?"
"No," he retorted, "Fill me in cazzo because I really have no idea." He replied in a tired manner but sarcasm was definitely laced with it which made me clench my jaws. I was not having it with him, he came here and will not leave until he is dead.
"Well, you're here because you had the balls to come to my brothel and cause havoc so now, you are going to repent for your mistakes." I growled, "Also, I want word on Destefano's location."
Giovanni laughed feebly as his head began to fall down to his shoulders.
"Destefano's location? No chance." He laughed lazily before he began to roll his eyes back and close them.
"Wake up sleepy fùck!" Tony pulled his head back up, "Now is not the time to have your beauty sleep! Answer the damn question before I shoot your brains out!"
Giovanni whimpered in return as the pain was evident in his voice and his face. Beads of sweat just rolled down his face in fact, he was drenched in his sweat. His hair was disheveled and his clothes was a mess, with patches of blood mainly staining his trousers. He closed his eyes again and when he did, Tony smacked his hand on his cheeks a couple of times which snapped his eyes open.
"Why have you come here? What the fùck is Destefano planning?" I asked as I pull my gun out and wave it across his face. He watched me for the last time before he laughed weakly.
"Lombardi, you really think I've come here to tell you what Destefano is planning for the future of his mafia? No, you're wrong." He chuckled, "But there is one thing I can tell you, in fact, I should've told you once I got here. It would've gave you plenty of time to be prepared, to say the least."
I straighten my back and look at Tony before I glance over my shoulders to give Fabio an apprehensive stare as I wondered what the fùck this puntura was talking about. I indicated Fabio to go check and he nodded his head and then stepped away.
I turn back to Giovanni and grabbed him by his hair before I yanked his head backwards nearly snapping his neck. He hissed in pain and opened his eyes; there were bloodshot red.
"Speak now or so God help me ti sparo alla gola." I bellowed as I glared right through his lazy eyes.
Instead of providing me with the answers I asked for, Giovanni laughed. His tired, sleepy, dead form just laughed at me while I was on the verge of just snapping his neck back and giving him this very uncreative death that I've been trying to avoid.
"Your brothel, the new business should be up in pieces now." He smiled, "I've planted a present for you there. Unfortunately, it couldn't go off when you were there."
"What the fùck..?" Tony muttered under his breath, "Shít! Shít! Shít!" He growled.
"Hmm and I think we might've just stolen all your merchandises as well as your club. You know, Destefano has plans to open a business one day. I hope you don't mind no?" He continued which only provoked my anger even more now. If I let any of this go or carry on, my mafia would be in flames on the floor so I had to act fast.
I picked my gun up and pointed it at Giovanni's face who continued to hold that smug look on his face. Just as I was about to pull the trigger, Fabio came back with the iPad and stood closer to me.
"The motherfùcker blew up the place and managed to hack into our accounts but don't worry, I've already managed to freeze the account and all the assets." Fabio informed me and I nodded in relieve, we really would've lost millions.
I turn my attention back to Giovanni who was still smirking at me,
"We've had a very good catch up however, unfortunately you are not reliable to me anymore. If was fun while it lasted, traditore." I move a little closer to get a closer shot,
"You wouldn't." Giovanni laughs, but his laughter soon disappeared when I moved the tip of the gun away from his cheek and forced it through his mouth. His face dropped immediately when his eyes widened and his body began to tense.
"Ci vediamo all'inferno, Gusto." Giovanni began to shout and yell out incoherent words as I glare at him. I clenched my jaws and pulled the trigger once and instantly, his body spasms before it relaxed back on the chair when his bullet drilled through the back of his throat out his head. His shoulders dropped before his chest began to stop moving from his heart beats. He gurgled as all his blood spurts out on Tony when he stood behind him. The loud gunshot was still ringing through my ears.
I watch Tony who pulled a face when he realised how much blood was sprayed on him so he began to wipe it off. I smirk at him before I turn my eyes back to Giovanni who was now probably dead.
Enemies blood was the thing that satisfied me most, especially when it's under my fùcking feet.
Giovanni disorientated... dead body was slumped on the chair as all his blood was dropping from him and the chair he sat on; he was a bloody mess. His white shirt was covered in nothing but blood as his mouth was still releasing the fresh thick blood that escaped and spread through the white shirt, soaking it until there was no space.
The sight may be horrifying to others but to me, its was nothing unusual. It is what I do everyday, it's the only reason why we are breathing today, how our mafia is still breathing because if we don't do this, we would be dead by now like a rat.
"Ragazzi, my work here is done. Handle the rest," I instruct as I grab a towel and begin to wipe my hands away, "Fabio, be generous and deliver his body to his family in one piece after you're done with him."
"One piece? You sure?" Fabio question and I nod my head as I head for the door, "Got it!" I look at them as both Fabio and Tony untie the body from the chair and as soon as they did, Giovanni fell off the chair and onto the floor. I clenched my jaws as I glare at his body from the distance; Destefano is going to regret ever testing me.
I'm going to make sure he experiences the same thing he put Adriana through.
It's a promise I make to keep my Adriana at peace.
***
"Come in," I answer as I heard a knock on the door. I glance at the direction of the door and see Fabio entering before I close my eyes and rest my fingers on my temples. "Is it done?"
"He is finished and so was the job, his body was delivered with one his men." Fabio answered, "However, he caused a lot of damage. What are we going to do about it?"
"That is not my biggest concern right now Fabio, we need to think about what we're going to do now? The fùcker already jeopardised our plan once and I won't let him do it again."
"What do you mean it's not your fucking concern? This is our territory and he came here to ruin it!" He growled, "Seriously Dante, you need to work on something fast because things are not looking good for us."
"I'm fùcking working on it and you know that! What we need right now is a fuckton of men so when we do find where the bàstard is, those men can attack him." I say through frustration as I stand up from my seat and walk to the window.
"What if I told you that we can do something about it?" Fabio said,
"Fabio, now is not the time to fuck about." I turn my attention away from the window and approach him with a demanding glare, "What is it? Spill!"
Fabio's lips curved into a smirk when he walked away from me and sat himself at one of the chairs in front of my desk. My eyes travel him, following his footsteps as I was impatient on the inside.
This cùnt really likes to test my patience.
I return to my desk and lean on the table as I glare at him for information.
"You know, it would be very helpful if you inform me about what we can do about this situation?" I retort as I rested my arms across my chest,
"Oh? You wanted to know? You could've just asked." Fabio said which made me clench my jaws and swear at him but before I can, he cut me off. "I know that Destefano is visiting Italy to seal some business deal there, I still don't know when but I'm still working on it." He says as I indicate for him to carry on, "My point is that if he leaves America, our assassination on him would be much easier, especially if it's in Italy. We can get it there and then. Clean. Cut. Run."
I nodded my head as realisation settles upon me that he was right indeed, Fabio in fact thought of a great idea so I stopped glaring at him and sat back on my chair comfortably.
"Now... that fratello, isn't such a bad idea." I comment, "Find out when he leaves for Italy, until then stay put and cautious. We just killed his bítch so the còcksucker will definitely look for us."
Waiting for Destefano to go to Italy was a great idea because Fabio was correct, killing him here will only make matters worse. Also, if we do this in Italy, it would catch him off guard which I prefer the most because he caught me off guard. He decided to fùck my life up at a time where I thought things were beginning to settle. Italy should be a trip that I'm looking forward to now because I've been waiting for years to do this. I put my sweat and tears into this just to make it go accordingly to plan only for Adriana.
"Dante, one more thing." Fabio interrupted my thoughts; I look up at him and nod my head. "When we were disposing Giovanni's body, we found his phone. We went through it and found text messages between him and Destefano." Fabio filled me in, "Those text messages were not normal, they were in codes and we were able to detect in one of them, they were talking about Constantino."
My brows snapped in a furrow as I tried to comprehend to what Fabio was saying, this was impossible. I felt my ears burn up and the bloody rage just filling my body, Constantino was the previous Italian mafia leader before me however, his work was all shít because he was a fùcking fraud.
"Are you thinking what I am thinking?" Fabio said which knocked me out of my thoughts again. I immediately shook my head as I try to avoid the suspicious, I really had enough to deal with, I didn't need another on my plate.
"Constantino?" I shake my head again and refuse, "I don't think he is involved with him in that way. He wouldn't be a traitor to us."
"Well, you never know Dante, people change behind our backs. Look what Gusto did and look where he is now."
As much as I did not want our suspicious to be right, I had this strong feeling it would be.
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Translations:
Capo, abbiamo un problema - Boss, we have a problem
che cosa - What?
Alcuni dei nostri uomini sono stati trovati morti - Some of our men were found dead.
guarda e impara - Watch and learn
Ragazzi - Boys
Edited (9th August) - Okay I may have lied about updating everyday... guys it's so freaking hard. I didn't understand that it would be this difficult. As you can see, this book is taking up all my time where I'm unable to update my other books but don't worry, I'm trying to work really hard now.
Btw, I wanted to ask how you're finding these new chapters? I know it's early days but still, want your opinions. This chapter was rewritten fully so read it! And one last thing, new readers... I see you!
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