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I shook my head “It’s okay”

She hopped off the bed “I better tell Luca you’re awake, or he’ll rip my head off”

She disappeared and a couple of minutes later, Luca stepped in He stood in the doorway, his expression unreadable as he let his gaze wander over ainst my forehead “Do you need morphine?”

My shoulder felt like it was on fire “Yeah”

Luca turned toward the nightstand and picked up a syringe He took my arm and slid the needle into the crook of e into the trash but didn’t let go of ers “Did we lose someone?”

“A few Cesare and a couple soldiers,” he said, then he paused “And Umberto”

“I know I saw hiet shot” My stomach churned violently It still felt surreal I’d have to write Umberto’s wife a letter, but I needed a clear head for that

“What did that guy Vitali ed to him?”

Luca’s lips thinned “We intercepted one of their drug deliveries But that’s not important now”

“What is important then?”

“That I alet shot,” Luca said in an odd voice, but his expression gave nothing away “You are lucky the bullet only hit your shoulder The Doc says it’ll heal completely and you will be able to use your arm like before”

I tried a sish I blinked, trying to stay awake Luca leaned down “Don’t do that ever again”

“What?” I breathed

“Taking a bullet for le I had to cover es with a waterproof cap, which was aaway the blood and sorth it Gianna, Lily and Fabi had left less than one hour ago Father had insisted they leave Not that they werein on the Outfit as well At least, I’d had theer than planned They’d kept me entertained as I lay in bed while Luca had to take care of everything As Capo he couldn’t abandon his soldiers He needed to show them he had a plan of action

I was already feeling soeffect of the painkillers I’d taken two hours ago I stepped out of the shower and aardly put on my panties I could move both of my arms, but the Doc had said I should use own proved ed to slip one strap over my injured shoulder when I stepped back into the bedrooot up immediately

“Done with business?” I asked