Veils of Thorns

to his father's chair befo

watched as his right-hand man answered, his express

r his gun. A tense pause, then a muttered c

got a p

stood, grabbed his own gun, and f

Ware

led of gasol

lickering overhead. His men were already there, forming a loose cir

the side, arms crossed,

outside the est

his head, his swollen eye barely opening. "Bo

e it looks like you were feeding

ever since Luca's father died. Testing the waters, lo

rai

is head. "Tell me something." His voice was

wed. "Money.

him to look up. "You betrayed

le

was still. Then, he took the gun from Niccol

ath hitched.

led the

h of red. The body slu

esit

ond ch

im, his men watched in silence. This wasn't jus

lly spoke, his

g of switching sides

le

men nodded. A silent o

g Luca with something close to a

ghtened around

lt. Didn't feel sa

t felt

was the price

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