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Damon

After Isabella told me that I should handle Cassandra, Valentino, and her allies, I got to work instantly, telling Ted to pull out the old files he had on the trust of those she committed.

"So what do we do with them?" he asked. "We pick the weakest link. We pick the one most sympathetic to the lower City. Find me a couple of them and show them the pictures."

A few days later, I received a call from Ted while I was out in town on a meeting with Nicholas.

"We have a number of them. What do you want us to do?" he asked.

"Tell them to come to my place," Nicholas said with his arms raised.

"I'm sure we'll do a good job convincing them." I smiled and told Ted to do the same. Six men, members of the lesser families, came through his gate.

I recognized Antonio and George to be some of them and stopped myself from snickering behind my mask.

The men bowed when they saw me, but it was clear that their initial fear of me was gone. I smirked behind the mask and looked at them.

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