o Linetti. He and his team are guarding our territory on the docks-what li

. Thick black smoke belches up from the roof, and men are running

it my teeth. There are wounded men groaning on the ground outside while others are still being dragged from the b

assive. He isn't quite as tall as me, but he's built like a brick house, and he remove

io!" I

ns in my directio

appened

from the heat. "Someone rigged a bomb on one of the pallets," he explains

s?" I ask, l

en so far. Just the bomb, probably on

ny casu

ouse. Men are crying out in pain, faces caked in blood. I sp

ts. "There were a lot of men in ther

tonio's neck. Leaning closer, I see it is a piece of

uck is that

o the ground. "It's everywhere. They

t peppers the ground around the warehouse, sticks to the clothes and skin of the men

ng Walshes,"

er every last one of them, to stuff their mouths with so mu

onio says. "The cops are going to be down here at a

w he is right, and that there is nothing I can do here, but I want to help. Thi

taliate. For now I need to walk away, to leave this matter in Anton

, clapping him on the back.

avid speeds off. The smell of smoke still burns in my nostrils, an

back on their hinges. A couple of the men around the long, rectangular table ju

es looking back at me. This council is composed of my five capos, Diego, and my trus

ooks almost bored, though he is hard to read behind his beard at the best of times.

on the docks," Vito says. "H

ned to weaken us. I expect that another will

e left of the docks," Dom Rozzi p

ing the loyalty of the other capos, a couple of whom were dubious when I assumed leadership. They soon fell into

docks with Antonio and his crew. Make sure your men ar

standby. If Dom or Antonio call, I want you at the

s. "Ye

we cannot lose the last of the grip we have left on the docks. Two years ago,

If my father had listened to me,

didn't

rity control of the docks and had shrunk our territory considerably. Since then, they have been trying to drive us out of the city al

wonder I can't

aper in his hands. "Three restaurants, one bar, and a retail store, all vandalized to varying degrees in the past week." H

diately." My gaze snaps to Mirko Bernandino and his ever-present scowl. "Send a couple of your most personable men down to check in on them