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Prologue

NEW YORK – Falia territory

Luca had been Capo for s had never been e of the wide any desk as he scanned the crinkled lia still controlled the entire length of the East Coast, froed in decades The Camorra, however, had extended their territory far beyond Las Vegas into the east, having won over Kansas City froet too confident Luca had a fucking inkling that his next lia territory Now he had to hts on Dante Cavallaro’s cities and not his own War between the Fah of his men already Another ith the Camorra would tear them apart “I know you don’t like the idea,” he muttered to his soldier

Growl nodded “I don’t, but I’m in no position to tell you what to do You are Capo I can only tell you what I know about the Caood”

“So what?” Matteo, Luca’s brother and right hand ers “We can handle them”

A knock sounded and Aria entered the office that was in the basement of Luca’s club, the Sphere She raised her blond eyebrows curiously, wondering why her husband had called her He usually handled business on his own Matteo and Groere already inside, and Luca unfolded his tall fraainst the desk when she stepped in She went over to hi?”

“Nothing,” Luca said h “But we’ve contacted the Caotiations”

Aria glanced at Growl He had fled Las Vegas six years ago after he’d killed the Camorra’s Capo Benedetto Falcone From what he’d told thelia They still dealt in sex slavery and kidnapping, besides the usual business of drugs, casinos and prostitution Even in the mafia world, they were considered bad news “You did?”

“The fight with the Outfit is weakening us With the Bratva already breaching our territory, we have to be careful We can’t risk the Outfit forging a deal with the Caether, we’ll be in trouble”

Guilt filled Aria She and her sisters were the reason why the truce between the Chicago Outfit and the New York Fae to Luca was supposed to create a bond between the two fao to marry Luca’s soldier Romero, the Outfit’s Boss Dante Cavallaro declared war on them He couldn’t have reacted any other way

“Do you think they will even consider talking to us?” Aria asked She still wasn’t sure why she was here in the first place She didn’t have any useful information about the Camorra