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The older gentle it into the crook of his arm, and said, “Artelanced around at the faces of a generation too young to remember, he went on, “I suppose it was before your time The Ukrainian underboss took New York by stor clais until he s After a while, Artem formed Sorok Dev’Yat’ The Forty Nine”
Sasha turned then, and his brow furrowed “I know that nas with theood terms”
“They were,” Laredo confirood businessoals The ot shit done He was poised, and eloquent, and diplomatic A charmer Quickly earned the respect of outfits all over the country He was an earner Everyone wanted in with hiins to form a truce He wasn’t a man you wanted on your bad side”
Frustration washed over me, and with a hand to my head, I closed etting to your point anytime soon?”
Laredo’s usually warlared at me “That is my niece out there, boy” I instantly felt contrite Even more so when he said a chilly, “You aren’t the only one who loves her, Viktor, but you are the only one of us who has carelessly put her in danger”
My gut clenched painfully
It was hard, but I shut ht
Laredo took in a deep breath, releasing it before he stated, “Artem collected people into his fold The broken, the unstable, the unloved He once told me it was because he believed everyone needed a fah me “Especially them”
They were fahten
I let out a caustic laugh and muttered an infuriated, “Fuck”
And Laredo knowingly stated, “And he’s starting to get where this is going”
My head began to pound “Artem collected Roam”
“That he did,” Laredo confir a s in the boy, and he claian to introduce him as his son, and when Artem needed messy work done, it was Roaendary His lust for blood and appetite for violence were not only renowned but celebrated Roahteen years old, pulled off i the lives of countless soldiers, walking out of firm houses broken and bloody but alive It ell-known that when Roa, he becaot by any means necessary Sos that would support that theory” The man turned and spoke directly to me, “So, now you know This is the person you indebted yourself to A fucking erous outfit on the streets right now, and they are in that position, because they are led by a psychopath ould happily set the city alight in order to stay on top”