Sin and Redemption

by Cora Reilly

She was a natural beauty with light brown doe eyes and beautiful caramel hair.

My brother was a saint (to me at least) so he never complained, and I definitely wouldn’t because of one mishap. “I promised Alea and Inessa I’d bake cookies with them.”

The unusual amber stood out against his almost black brows and thick black lashes.

I’d heard about Amo’s and his partying had never really made him attractive in any way.

“It’s not, right?” “No,” I said simply.

“He hasn’t moved yet. Is he dead?”

“Not today, devil.” He smirked. “Not today, devil.”

“For fuck’s sake, stop repeating everything you say, Jabba.”

Sara’s father, Romero, had never seemed like he was one of them. Jabba tilted his head in thought.

“This is what’s going to happen, Maximus. You are going to fuck the pretty doll. I bet you’ve been secretly lusting after a high-ranking pussy like hers. With your fucked-up family history, a cunt like hers is out of reach, right?”

For a moment, I thought it was my best friend Amo, but the blond hair quickly told me it was his brother, Valerio. “You okay?”

“Once you put a bullet in my head in mercy, I will be.”

He narrowed his eyes at me and tossed my jeans at me. There wasn’t compassion on his face. He was a Vitiello through and through. Compas...

“Get dressed. We need to leave. My father’s going to ask a...

“I think Romero and Liliana will take her to a female doctor.”

The door opened with a soft creak. Two heavy sets of steps sounded. I recognized them. I rose to my feet, then forced my gaze up because I wouldn’t act like a fucking coward.

Amo and Luca strode toward me. Like father, like son: gray eyes, black hair. But while Luca’s expression was thunderous,

Amo appeared emotionless. Before I got a chance to analyze the look in Amo’s eyes, Valerio was already in front of him....

When Amo finally came my way, he looked seriously pissed. We’d been best friends for half of our lives. I’d always known it would take a major fuckup for that to change.

“They played the wrong cards, those bastards. The bikers didn’t succeed, nor will they.”

Surprise following confusion shot through me until...

“The video?” Amo nodded severely. His gray eyes searched mine. How many had alread...

“I need to know everything that happened, every fucking detail,” Luca said.

Romero walked in, followed by Flavio and Matteo. Matteo, as Consigliere, would know every detail of what had happened.

“You should go to them.”

“I’m by your side because you look like you need support.”

“Did you watch th...

“I know what ha...

“No, you don’t, or you wouldn’t be by my side. W...

“I won’t. I don’t ...

“I’ll tell you everything I know so you can punish me accordingly. I’d like to talk to my family before you deal with me, though.”

“I know this is difficult, and emotions are on the rise.”

“You failed to protect Sara and yourself from being captured. That’s the only transgression I see worthy of punishment. What happened after…”

He looked toward Romero, who met his gaze, his eyes...

happened because you had ...

“Liliana took her to a doctor. She’s doing okay… physically,”

Romero said quietly. His brown eyes were carefully controlled as he leveled them on me.

“Thank you for tel...

I’d always felt the utmost respect for Romero. He was a loyal and very skilled Made Man. Today, I admired him even more. It couldn’t be easy...

He gripped my shoulder and looked me in the eyes, then he squeezed and gave a slight nod. “I’m here.”

My heart swelled. I gave a grateful nod in return. I wasn’t the type to put into words how much this meant to me, nor was he the type who liked to listen to emotional admissions.

Romero met my gaze. “I want you to help us get revenge. You’re one of the best when it comes to hunting and torture.”

“I will do everything in my power to give Sara and your family the revenge you all deserve. I won’t rest until every Bratva asshole in this city has died the most painful death imaginable.”

“We’ll get revenge, and it’ll be brutal a...

“Remo isn’t my fucking concern right now. If you hadn’t started things with Greta, the situation would be very different.”

“I don’t care what led to this point,” Romero said tightly.

“All I care about is my daughter, who suffers innocently. I want revenge, and I want it as soon as possible. It won’t help Sara, but ...

It wouldn’t make Sara forgive me, but I’d never dare ask for her forgiveness anyway.

“We’ll get through this. No matter what happens next, we’ll get through this as a family.”

“I’m supposed to marry in two months.”