David turned away from the window and headed into his office, already sure that Bianca had not accounted for one very inconvenient truth.
Veronica Scalese was not the sort of woman to play with. He had said it countless times to just kill her. No drama needed.
*****
Luca was just heading to his car when his phone rang. The garage beneath Commissioned was quiet. Black cars sat in neat rows beneath harsh white lights. He glanced at the screen.
Scalese pizza parlour.
His brows furrowed immediately. He wondered why she wasn't calling him with her personal phone. Maybe hers was switched off and she called to inform him she would be running late.
Luca answered.
"Luca!" Tony's voice exploded through the phone, breathless, terrified. "Inferi's men! They have Vee! They have Vee!"
The entire world went soundless. Everything vanished beneath the cold dread that settled in the pit of Luca's stomach and spread outward like poison. His hand tightened around the phone.
