“So what now? We hand them a check for that amount of money?” I ask.
“No, we open a bank account and tell them how they can access it. Some of our soldiers’ families would waste it in heartbeat, so if theyhave kids, it’s set up as a trust so we know their children will be looked after for a while.”
“That seems like a lot of work…”
“Yes, but it was how Caterina wanted it,” Luciano reminds me. “We will leave here in two hours to start doing the rounds and visiting the families. Make sure you’re ready.”
28
Luciano
“How do you do it, Luciano?” Charlie asks after being quiet the whole way home.
“Do what?” I don’t bother looking at her, already loosening my tie.
“All of this.” She gestures vaguely around the house as we walk upstairs to our rooms. “How do you keep going, knowing the men died working for you? Don’t you feel guilty?”
“No,” I say flatly. “They knew the risk when they took the oath.”
Charlie follows me closely, not backing down. “Not even a little bit of guilt?”
“No,” I snap, rounding on her. “I was raised this way by your mother since I was thirteen. We are trained to be ruthless. Every man who works for your family knows it could be his last day.”
“But—”
“For fuck’s sake, Charlie. Leave it alone. It’s been a long week.”
She stomps away from me, but just as she reaches her door, she spins back around, a smirk playing on her lips. “Just so you know, I was going to fuck you, but now I think I might go find Izzy.” She slams the door shut.
I rub my hands down my face, the frustration thick in my chest. This girl, she’s going to be the death of me. I chuck my tie on my bed and finish taking off my shirt, leaving on just my dress pants. I storm down the hallway to the guest room and knock on the door.
“Si?” Izzy call outs. I open the door, not surprised to see Izzy pleasuring herself with a vibrator. She raises her finger to signal one second as she moans through her orgasm. I lean on the door frame waiting for her to finish, which should be any second now.
“Ready for round two?” I say to her once she’s done.
She turns onto her side and grins at me seductively. “Just us or Charlie as well?” she says a bit too excitedly.
“Come.” I turn around and walk back down the hall towards Charlie’s room. This time I open the door without knocking and walk in. She too is laying on the bed, already pleasuring herself with a vibrator. What the fuck is with these women?
“Don’t you knock?” she yells at me.
“I thought you said you wanted Izzy?” I torment her, a smirk on my lips.
She stops her vibrator and removes it from inside herself. She sits up in her bed. “I was joking,” she says, just as Isabella walks in behind me in a black lacey robe.
“Naww, should I go back to my room then?” Isabella asks cheekily, pointing towards the door.
Charlie looks between the two of us, and she clenches her legs together. I can see her face slowly change in front of us, from shocked to now curious. I knew she had a demon inside her—she hasn’t shied away from anything we’ve done yet.
I turn to leave when she calls out, “Wait,” stopping me in my tracks. “You’re not staying?"
"What do you want, Principessa?”
“I… I want the both of you… ” She moves to the edge of her bed and leans on her knees, spreading her legs slightly to give me a glimpse of her wetness. “I want to fuck you, Luciano, but I’ve never slept with a girl before.” She looks over to Isabella standing beside me. “I want to try it.”
I move towards the door and lock it, making sure no one interrupts us. “There are rules, Charlie,” I say as I turn back around to face her.
“Yes.”
