Teddy and Greystone took in the macabre scene before regarding each other. “This is why he runs Cosa Nostra,” Teddy murmured.
“He’sinsane,” Greystone muttered.
Strangely, that made Teddy chuckle. “No more than you or me.”
“Yes, more,” Greystone argued. “Way,waymore.”
They left out the back, but they didn’t remove their helmets, kept their goggles down too. The streets were still dark, but they didn’t want to risk being seen by someone driving by.
At the SUV, Gabriel secured his rifle in the back. They removed their helmets and climbed in the vehicle.
“Fast and furious,” Gabriel said from the back seat.
Teddy was rarely at a loss for words, but in this case, he had nothing more to say. Gabriel was the darkest Santini. A ruthless man with a quest for power and a thirst for revenge. Their grandfather would have been proud of him for taking care of business the way he did.
But Teddy and Greystone were trained assassins, taught to take out their targets andonlytheir targets.
Greystone glanced over. “Don’t forget to power up the electricity and turn on the traffic cams.”
“Right.” Teddy waited for Greystone to drive outside the zone before he lit up the area and reactivated the cameras. “Back online.”
“I know you don’t agree with my methods,” Gabriel said, “but you gotta admit they’re effective. The Bratva will get the message and they won’t be coming back.”
“Gabriel,” Teddy bit out. “They’re in Italy. Lulu and Simone are in Italy. Did it ever occur to you that you putthemat risk? There are a lot more Bratva over there than there were here!”
Silence.
“Oh, shit,” Gabriel murmured from the back. “Nah, he’ll be fine.”
“We gotta tell him,” Greystone said.
“I’m one-hundred percent confident he’ll leave Italy,” Teddy said.
“Not ninety-nine or even ninety percent?” Gabriel asked.
“Don’t be a smart ass,” Teddy warned.
“Guarda, ho avuto un problema,” Gabriel pushed back. “Non ce l'ho più.”
“Jesus,” Greystone said “Yes, you had a problem. Yes, you don’t have it anymore, but that’s not how the Santinis work.”
“Maybe here in the states, but in Italy, I run the family biz differently.”
It was pointless to continue this conversation, so Teddy unsilenced his phone, which binged with texts from Caroline.
Sydney bolted
She turned off her location finder
“Ah, fuck,” Teddy ground out as his stomach dropped.
“What?” Greystone asked.
“Sydney left.”
“She’s not used to being a caged animal,” Gabriel said. “She’ll be fine. She’s way better at wetwork than either one of you pussies.”
Greystone pulled off the road. slammed the brakes. Teddy got out, threw open the back door, and clocked Gabriel in the jaw. Then, he narrowed his gaze and growled. “Don’t ever say that to us again.”
