~Aleksey’s Point of View~   We were having some minor scrapes on the streets that needed our attention, a late shipment and a few small time idiots trying to step into our territory. Nothing Mickey couldn’t handle and he was dying to get back to work. He was going to have Ivan go along with him and start to give him some tests. He dropped me at Robert’s house and went off to do his thing. I strolled into the house to find it a war zone, literally all of his guys were there. There was a giant dry erase board with pictures and lines going all over like you’d see in a police station squad room.  Everyone was running around like something big was going on and no one even noticed me. I took off my coat and suit jacket, putting them neatly in his coat closet. I found myself with a weird sense of calm,

~Emilia’s Point of View~ Okay, the first time I walked into this restaurant I could have puked and crapped my pants all at once. But now, I had a mission. I could do this, I could do this!Since Aleksey didn’t want Robert’s army buddies out on the streets dealing with direct family matters, they were my muscle for the evening. Four huge dudes that could snap your neck in seconds and not flinch. The rest of them stayed at the house in case anyone got any ideas about trying to invade. Sofia seemed passive, her mind elsewhere. Aleksey said both his parents were the inventors of the poker face and they never gave anything away. I’d love to work on that but it didn’t seem possible for me. Most of my life I just blended in, no one looked at me much or cared to.

~Mickey’s Point of View~   While it was a shit situation all around, this is what I lived for, what I was born to do. Handle business, take care of the family and do what needs to be done. It was a miracle none of our people and especially Emmy and Sofia weren’t killed in the shoot-out. We should have known what a hot temper Lorenzo had but I still never would have imagined he’d try that shit.  Word on the street was that his second was losing his damn mind and trying to find muscle to help maintain his territory, which Bohai was invading. I relished the thought. I wished we could be out there taking some too but he did promise to share a bit. The Italians were essentially going to be run out of the game. I was sitting in the front seat of Sofia’s Rolls Royce waiting on our visitor. He was liter

~Mickey’s Point of View~   I never got nervous, and certainly not for a female. A female I already decided I wasn’t going to care about no less. But here I was, about to knock on her hotel room door and my heart was racing. However, I wasn’t praying for this to go well. I wanted to see her just to confirm there was nothing there and move on to more important shit. KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK The door opened and there stood the female from the picture, she looked exactly the same.  “Hey, thanks for coming,” she said, grinning. “Sure,” I simply said, as a wave of relief fell over me. I felt … absolutely nothing just as I knew I would. My wolf … was totally silent. He c

~Mickey’s Point of View~   What the hell was I doing? Oh fuck if I knew. I ran my hand through my hair and looked around the plane. This was supposed to be a quick day trip but suddenly everyone wanted to come along. Now it seemed like it was something so much bigger than it should be.  As of last night, Aleksey and Emilia weren’t speaking, Alex and Robert were strained. Sofia didn’t want to leave her room which told me she wanted time with her “friend.” I made it clear to Melody that I was only going to try and talk some sense into both our fathers. She should have some more flexibility in who she got to choose and my father should butt the fuck out of my life. We both knew we weren’t compatible, it was no one’s fault you just can’t help these things if they’re not meant to be.