CROWNS AND KNIVES
The induction ceremony was being held at the Plaza.
Ironic. The same place we'd attended a gala weeks ago. Back when I still thought we could handle Vincent quietly. Carefully.
Before he'd killed so many of our people and fled to Sicily like a coward.
Now I was standing in a different ballroom. Watching Dante prepare to become king of the New York underworld. How be pulled this i do not know but i am impressed, i was starting to believe him when he said he would protect me and our son Luca.
"You look beautiful." Lucia appeared beside me. Dante's mother. Elegant in navy silk. "But also terrifying. Like you're planning someone's death."
"Several someones," I admitted. "Starting with Vincent."
"Good." She squeezed my hand. "That man deserves whatever you do to him. Bu
