Chapter 9

“Well… as I told you, I brought you here for a specific purpose, but my priorities prevented me from setting you any task. Luciano has issues with sharing authority, and I can see he has hindered you instead of following my orders.” He looks way too calm for a guy telling me one of his minions disobeyed him. I figured someone like him would not tolerate such disrespectful behaviour and would probably hack his skull off with a blunt object before hanging it in his gallery of decapitated heads.

Too many gangster movies, Camilla! Get serious.

“Let’s just say he missed the memo on rolling out the welcome mats for my arrival at Club Carrero.” I raise a haughty eyebrow, and this time I get a smirk, an amused subtle smile at my pet name for his venue. The current name on the door is Bravo’s Bar, and I guess it came with the sale.

I hope to God he intends a change in the near future.

Alexi regards me coolly from his casual pose.

“Lucie is family… unfortunately,