Page 21 of Dragon’s Dream

“Ciao.”

“Lorenzo, are you able to speak plainly?”

“Si, I am in my office alone. As you know my office is soundproof and I have it searched for bugs daily. What can I do for you little brother?”

“I’ve received information that our family is selling flesh? Please tell me that is untrue, Lorenzo. Please tell me that you have not slipped so far down that you are now trafficking people?”

Nothing comes from the other end of the phone for what feels like fucking forever. Then finally Lorenzo clears his throat.

“Di cosa stai parlando, fratello?”

“We got information from a club in fucking Nevada that the Bellandi family is involved in the trading of flesh. That is what I am talking about. You always promised me our family was not doing that, you told me you’d never go that far. I left the family because papa was out of fucking control. Now he wants to kill his own son for leaving the family and you are all letting him get more dirty than before.”

“Nevada?”

“Si! The Skullz!”

“Fanculo! Quel bastardo! He told me that he had men in the Skullz running drugs and guns for us. I always thought it was strange that he was using an MC on the other side of the country, but you know you cannot question the bastard. He is lying to all of us. I do not know who all knows of this.”

Before Domino can talk again I cut in, “Someone in your family knows a lot. My woman was kidnapped by a member of the Skullz who was obsessed with her. He had planned on giving her to your family or at least that is what he told you. He didn’t want to give her up, but he allowed someone in your ranks to hurt her. It is possible that the children she had almost four years ago belong to someone in your family.”

All three of their heads shoot up and look at me. This is new information that I wanted to tell them and get to before Domino decided to get one of his brothers on the phone. For a second everything is quiet while Domino, Twister and Isabella stare at me after the bomb that I just dropped. Then we hear all sorts of Italian curses coming from the line.

“Cazzo! Figlio di puttana! Quello stupido figlio di puttana. Come ha potuto fare una cosa del genere? Come ha potuto essere così stupido? Come abbiamo potuto noi? Come abbiamo fatto a non accorgercene? Sei sicuro che fosse uno dei nostri uomini?”

The fact that my father made sure we all could understand the people we worked with helped me out in this instance. I knew what this man was saying, he was blaming himself and his family for not seeing what was right in front of their face. He was wondering how in the hell they didn’t see this. Asking me if I was sure that it was one of them.

“I mean, I haven’t gotten details from Liza. But from everything Glitch has gathered, yes. She told him that he shared when he had company over. She was there for a year and the traitor got a little too comfortable, thinking she’d never get away. They discussed business, Glitch didn’t give me full details, he just told me it is possible that the traitor or an Italian from your family could be the father of her twins.”

Domino looks at me with a concerned look on his face then breaks the silence from my family that is sitting in front of me.

“Lorenzo, I am going to go. We will all be discussing this later. Find a time where we can all meet or talk on the phone. I think it may be time to start cutting off the dead branches. You’re old enough now. We need to make this change.”

“I will send you a message.”

Then he hangs up.

“I think I am going to take little Jaxon up to see Liza. Keep her occupied in your room until you guys are all done discussing this. As much as I am a part of both of these worlds, mafia and MC, I do not like discussing the rape of a woman or the selling of them. My father would have wiped out this entire family a long time ago had he known what was going on.”

The Moretti’s are one of the most powerful Italian Mafia families in the country. Sebastian has backing from several MCs as well as being allied with many other mafia families. He also has strong ties back to Italy. I don’t know much about the Bellandi family because we have not had many dealings with them, but I know that Domino has told my father everything that he knows since they are his family.

I nod my head and watch as she gets up and walks down the hallway to the master bedroom. One of the things I love about my home is that my master bedroom is on the main level, while the other rooms are upstairs. With the boys being younger I had to add a gate to the stairs once I decided that Liza was moving in with me, so the boys could not come down the steps and fall. I turn back to my brother and his man.

“Tell me about your family Dominic. We are family. You are my twin brother’s old man. You are my sons’ uncle. I need to know what all I am dealing with here. Obviously Lorenzo is an ally, but what about your other brothers and how in the fuck do they not know what is going on?”

Domino takes a deep breath and looks over at Twister who gives him a nod and moves closer to him.

“You need to at least give him something, Dom. His family is now a part of this mess. He deserves to know something.”

Domino nods his head, looking back at me and then begins his long drawn out story of his family, his siblings, all his father’s mistresses and their children, his brothers’ fucked up relationships. He tells me about how his brothers are working out which members they can rely on and who they can’t. That they have been working on a plan for a while because Domino is sick and tired of hiding. They want their brother to be able to meet their children. He tells me about how he and his brothers are working on how to take down their father and rework the family. We discuss everything and part of me feels a little bit of hope that Liza will be safe from these people once everything is set in motion.

Chapter Twelve

Liza

I woke up to the sound of knocking on the door and a whispered, “Liza” from what sounded like Isabella. I was a little disoriented and not sure what she was doing here in my house right now. I looked around the room feeling more confused when I realized I was laying on a king size bed with a dark wooden frame, surrounded by nice dark silky smooth sheets. Now everything came back to me and I realized that I was in Dragon’s room. That I had agreed to move into his home because my boys’ wanted to be with their ‘Cane’. How in the world could I possibly say no to that?

With a sigh, I roll over and look towards the door that Isabella is peaking through.