~Nicolai POV~
Cas and I were walking into Victor’s holding cell, and I felt pretty good about myself. I had not only delivered a blow to Victor that he did not see coming, but I was on the verge of taking over as the lone and only Head of the Bernardi Mafia. My cousin was so f*****g stupid and gullible. He assumed that his men could not be turned, and yet I was able to get many of them on my side with little to no pressure at all. The main one was Cas. He landed right in my lap. I could tell that he was not particularly happy with his situation as he guarded me in the loft that Victor had kept me captive in. I witnessed many instances where he was bossed around to do the clean-up jobs that none of the other men wanted to do, and he just took it. So, one night, I started talking to him, ma
