Ruthless Enforcer: Mafia Romance with a Morally Grey Hero (Syndicate Rules Book 4) by Lucy Monroe

Author:Lucy Monroe [Monroe, Lucy & Monroe, Lucy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lucy Monroe LLC
Published: 2023-11-02T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 26

ATLAS

"We need to make recruitment a priority," I say to my brothers.

Orion narrows his eyes. "Agreed. We should offer a bonus for bringing in foot soldiers."

"Already on it," Zeus says. "Constantin is sending us a contingent of soldiers. Some may choose to stay in Portland, but as long as they are here, it is our responsibility to bankroll them."

Good. It's one thing to fly under the radar while we establish our control in a city with no syndicate presence. It's another to be ready to go war.

"Our brothers will hunt you down like pigs in the street," Curly spits.

I know their real names now, but I'm sticking with Larry, Curly and Mo.

"Like you hunted us down after we dispatched the team you sent to that woman's condo?" Orion asks with derision.

"They were soldiers."

"You implying you're something more?" I ask, sounding bored.

Better to get the information I want.

"Not us," Mo says.

"Shut up," Curly shouts.

"You said it first." Mo looks over at Larry. "They'll send an army from Russia to avenge him."

That's worth knowing.

"Who is he?"

"The pakhan's son."

Not the pakhan in California. New to his position after losing his father, because of me, his son is only a child. Curly is talking about the Golubev pakhan in Russia.

What is his son doing here in Oregon? Proving himself? But by doing what exactly?

"What is he here to do?" I ask Mo.

He doesn't answer. I turn the crank on the winch, lifting them until the three men dangle above the floor. Finally breaking for real, Curly screams and begs me to lower him back down. "My shoulders, my shoulders," he whimpers.

"Answer my question."

"The pakhan wants the port to bring our cargo in."

"What cargo?"

Neither Curly nor Mo are willing to tell me. Not even after I crank the winch twice more and threaten Mo's testicles again. It takes a surprising amount of bloody and painful persuasion to get the answer.

When it comes, it's not a surprise, but rage boils through my blood at the confirmation of what I suspect.

They're moving people. The pakhan's son is here to establish one end of a new east-west pipeline for human trafficking. Worse, they have plans to use Nuovi Inizi as a source of inventory. Lucia's DJ program brings patrons from the surrounding counties and even states.

"Better to take women from out of town than locals," Curly wheezes.

I grab my weighted baton, bring it up over my shoulder and swing down against his tibia. The bone cracks and he howls. I didn't think he had that much vocal juice left in him. One broken end of the bone makes a lump under the skin on his calf.

What these men would have done to my beautiful lover when she refused to let them use her club as part of their flesh trade, has me swinging my baton again. Curly's scream this time sounds like it's coming from the bowels of hell. Where I plan to send him.

"What is your problem?" Larry demands with more lucidity than he should be capable of.

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