“If either of you touch me again.” I pointed at Diego. “I’ll kill you myself.”
“You have to defend yourself.” Bello smirked. “Your boyfriend won’t.”
“I’m sure Milo was just taking orders from his daddy.” Camila ran her hand along Bello’s bicep. “We all know Milo doesn’t have the power.”
What a traitorous bitch! When I told Milo how she was working with Medina, he was going to kill her.Unless… What if the message is to kill me?
“Whatever you have to say to Milo, you can tell him yourself.” I tried to get to the door, but Bello stood in front of it. “Get out of my way! My guard will be here any minute.”
“The guard that’s preoccupied with the police?” Diego grabbed my arm and tugged me further into the room. “You’d be surprised how easy it is to get a warrant in this city.”
“You did that?”
“Leave us.” He nodded at Camila and Bello. “I’d like a word with the lovely Sable.”
“No.” I tried to scuffle out of his grasp, but that only fueled him to hold me tighter. During this encounter, Camila and Bello exited the room, leaving me to fend for myself. “You need to let me leave.”
“Or what?” He let go of me and forced me into a chair. “No one is coming to help you.”
“What do you want?”
“What I’ve wanted all along, but the Accettis are not making this easy for me.” He knelt down in front of me. “All Nico had to do was let me move my merchandise through New York. He works with other cartels, so why not me?”
“Maybe because your merchandise is human beings.”What the hell is wrong with him?“Nico will never let you get away with that.”
“I’m already getting away with it, or at least I was until he scared the other men I had convinced to work with me.” He grabbed my wrist. “That’s why I need you.”
“I can’t help you.” When I hauled back my arm, he came closer and twisted my wrist until I couldn’t feel my hand. “Stop it!” I shouted.
“Settle down, little one.” He grinned. “If you behave, I might keep you for myself.”
“What?”He didn’t mean…
“You heard me.” He ran his fingers along my bracelet. “This is Milo’s fault. All he had to do was convince his father to play nice and I would have dropped you from my radar.”
“I can’t help you.”
“Sure you can.” He yanked the bracelet from my wrist. “You’re more useful than you think.”
“Hey.” I tried to snatch it from him, but he closed it in his hand. “Give it back.”
“My business is trafficking.” He opened his palm and looked down at the only connection I had to Milo right now. “Don’t you think I know a tracker when I see one?”
TWENTY-THREE
Milo
When we returnedfrom our meeting with Juan, Lucas informed us that the three cities gave in to our demands. As expected, they couldn’t afford to have the Accetti family as an enemy.
The first part of our plan had fallen into place. Now we needed to dismantle Medina and remove him from our territory before he caused any more destruction. With those cities no longer interfering, getting rid of him should be easier.
But we had to be prepared for anything.
“I want to pull any protection we’re providing for those cities.” My father took a seat at his desk. “From now on, they no longer have the support of our elected officials. They’re on their own when it comes to the Feds.”
“Understood,” Marchello said. “There has to be a consequence for siding with Medina. I’ll take care of it.”
“We’re in a better position than we were last night.” I removed my suit jacket and draped it over the back of the chair.“We have to keep the momentum going. I want that piece of shit out of our lives.”
