His Mafia Princess (Family First #1) by April Zyon

“So are you going to tell me just exactly why it was you were following my very soon to be wife around?” He punctuated his question with a jab to the ribcage of the bastard.
    “You know why.” The man coughed as he swayed from the brutal assault. “Because he still wants her.”
    “The son?” Gregorio knew he didn’t have to ask, but he did all the same.
    “Yes and he will have her. There will be a moment in time when you are not watching, and he will take her. He won’t let go. He wants her and he will take her.” The man was rewarded with another punch to his lower ribs, which resulted in a loud cracking sound.
            “He won’t ever have her.” Gregorio grabbed the man by his hair and held him up. He lifted his leg slightly and pulled a ka-bar knife from his hidden holster. The blade didn’t glint as most blades would. It wasn’t designed to be flashy but effective. “When you get to Hell, save your boss a seat. He’s soon going to be joining you.” Without any fanfare, he slid the blade over the man’s neck and watched with a smile on his face as the crimson stain of blood dripped down from his neck, over the curve of his jaw, and into his face. He heard the man screaming but didn’t care. Where Alessandra was concerned, there was nothing he wouldn’t do, no lines he wouldn’t cross for her.
    Gregorio walked away from the man after wiping the blade on the man’s shirt. A smile was on his lips, one of supreme satisfaction because of the kill. He was a killer, through and through, and knew it. The only people who would ever be privy to the softer side of him were Alessandra and any child they might be blessed with, but only if the child wasn’t a massive fuck up.
    Stopping beside Tony, he smiled. “Please be so good as to have someone take the trash out for us?”
    “You enjoyed that, didn’t you?” Tony had a shit eating grin on his face, Gregorio noticed.
    “I did. I needed that. With all of the wedding hoopla going on, I needed to kill someone or I might actually say something that would cause Alessandra pain.”
            Tony snorted. “You would never do or say anything that would hurt her. We both know it, Boss. She is your weakness. You are going to need to double the guard on her, you know that right? Anyone who knows you will see it as well. They will all see she’s the one thing that could be used against you.”
    “This is true, but they all also know me well enough to understand that if they even dare to touch a hair on her head, I will kill them. I’ve made that point with Vasily’s henchman that came after her.”
    “It’s still worrisome that the son is still out and no one has been able to find him. We’ve also not been able to flush Vasily out.”
    “I have a plan for that,” Gregorio told his second. “He will come if we dangle the right bait in front of him.”
    “And what would that bait be?”
    “He will come when we hit up his bank where he keeps the bulk of his funds in diamonds in his safety deposit box.”
    “And you know about this how?”
    “He has a whore in his house that likes the blow we have. She’s a junkie and will do anything at all for her next hit. Joseph Ferrante is her favorite dealer, and since he’s one of ours…”
    “Gotcha,” Tony said with a nod. “Do you know who you want to do the bank?”
    “I do. They should be here in a couple of hours. We are going to meet with them, and they will give us the run down. They have hit several banks and are very good. Just in case, however, we do have our usual safety nets in place.”
    “Families?” Tony asked.
    “Yes.” Gregorio nodded. The two men were leaving the basement where the dead body was and headed toward the main floor. The insurance policy they would have was in keeping the robbers’ families in their personal care. That way, if there was a moment where they were caught, they wouldn’t give up the Family. It was simply the way it was. Between that and the