r

ike a couple of smug assholes. They traded in their Carhartt jackets and double-knee jeans for Polo shirt

means something when it comes time to co

complexion and a squashed face like a gourd three weeks past Halloween. He looks out of place in the dining room

r must have a bad heart or something. I catch him eyeing the bacon on his lawyer's pl

. His lackeys look uncomfortabl

an. I have to do what's best for my people, which I know you und

t for you, fucking scum-sucking shithead. "It's only that sometimes t

tion, I took this meeting this morning. I would love if we could continu

s fucking nose myself. He sits there thinking we're equals, but his tenure as union boss is temporary, while I plan on c

s his throat. "We're willing to match whatever the Italians o

them to shut the fuck up about the stolen goods, the counterfeit shoes and electronics, and the heaps of drugs. We wan

take them away from me, and Owen fucking bootlicker

g multiple people at once with the

very generous, but unfortunately

about Cara riding my cock. I think about coming between her legs. I think about basic

he starts, but

r a look, and I can tell this makes poor little Grady uncomfortable. I'd bet he didn't tell his people abou

s up straighter and glares at

etting all formal on me. "It isn

Lycus. My underboss looks as confused as

your uncle. Now, I won't say I miss the man, but the way you came to power-" He shakes his head, looking uncomfortable. "It was ugly business, you know that. You raised the

send them off to end his pathetic little life whenever it pleases me, but he's wrong. Nobody is above me. Nobody is outside of my grasp. The only reason he's still living is because I find h

at I have now. And you should think about exactly how I

Really, I'm sorry. We've had a good run, but it's t

e years from now? My family is Chicago. The river's in my fucking blood. You turn your back on me, and you'll find yourself without a friend and all

I tune him out, staring at Grady and thinking about all the ugly, vi

ing in the entrance

says something but I can't hear him anymore.

ing there, s

money and hit the road. If she's on the run, I figured she'

and now she's w

ooks fuck

rrupting the union lawye

" Grady asks, looking anno

to silence him as

es at her, but she's

tched in her right hand, unrolled and

e like she's brand

hrough her teeth. "You absolute low-life

tering in the air, some of them falling do