Lord of Vengeance by Piper Stone EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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Twenty years earlier
Diego
I’d just killed a man.
Ordinarily, that wouldn’t mean anything particularly special in my line of
work. My family had taken justice into their own hands generations before,
especially in dealing with our enemies. We’d taken enough lives that it was
impossible to count the number or remember their names. The streets of LA
had been painted with blood, remnants lingering in even the finest
neighborhoods.
Beverly Hills.
Malibu.
Bel Air.
No one was immune if they’d crossed the Santos family.
The only reason this particular kill was worth mentioning to any degree was
that it was my first, the gun remaining in my hand as I stared at the man’s
crumpled body, the bullet lodged somewhere in his brain.
The rain fell harder, the torrent of water unusual for this time of year, the
storm washing away a portion of the evidence. Not that we cared given we
owned the police, but there was something cathartic about the way the
blood rushed toward the drains of the pavement, slowly pooling before
sliding into the abyss of the sewer system. With seventeen thousand miles
of pipes, the blood could certainly go a long way before finding an official
resting spot.
Or it would become liquid libation for the millions of rats and other vermin
feasting on what was left of trash and human waste.
I wasn’t normally so engrossed in the effects of ending someone’s life. In
fact, I’d been looking forward to hunting down the bastards who’d dared go
against my family’s regime. I’d even begged my father to allow me to pop
my cherry, becoming one of the men working for the Don of the Santos
Crime Syndicate.
The fact I was barely seventeen meant I was constantly watched, the
babysitter my father had appointed studying every move I made. He’d
report back to my father on my techniques, my ability to hunt and my
reaction after the fact. There was no room for guilt of any kind, our hearts
taken by the darkness that had entrapped our family for decades. While my
hand continued to shake from the rush of adrenaline and the power I felt in
the Glock I’d been given for my sixteenth birthday, I only hoped the raging
storm would hide it.
If not, the variation in my behavior would be duly noted.
I took a deep breath, blinking away water lingering on my eyelashes.
“You did good, kid,” Ivan said in a low rumbling voice, his Russian accent
somehow more pronounced than usual. While he was only ten years older,
it was a lifetime for a kid who wanted to become a made man, a soldier in
my father’s army.
When he flanked my side, I lowered my weapon, shoving it into my pocket,
then for effect only, kicking the bastard who’d attempted to hijack one of
our ships
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