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Someone as sweet, kind, and innocent as you…he had said I couldn’t help but chuckle a little to ers Closing h I kneouldn’t fly away, and ain

“Dandelion Dandelion As you float up beautifully dying Grant these wishes fro Chop the Princelings to their knees Send a swarm of killer bees to those who try to hurt ”

I couldn’t help but grin, looking up from the paper flower at the distorted mirror of the elevator doors opened onwhat Tobias, or any of them would do, if they kneishes back then were only sweet to me and neither kind nor innocent to others

Pushing the handle down and entering my room, I moved towardsthe paper flower on top of it and picking up the re my passcode, my bed spun around to face wooden wall that split open fro my brother’s former master bedroom…now my closet

Inside, I paused at the firstthe strap ofto the second one near lass

“Access granted,” it said before the glass slid down, inside each of uns and knives were displayed like fine china I lifted the gold-engraved pistol, pressing the wood panel underneath it, taking out the old flip-phone, dialing quickly before lifting it toonce before she answered She didn’t speak, but I knew she was there

“A boy named Marco Forte was killed today Find out by who and why, Jackal, and find out fast I need to kno deep this goes and how many people need to die”

Her reply was to hang up immediately, and I knew that ht hours

Flipping the phone closed, I put it back in its place, the wood panel clicking closed The glass of the reen eyes staring right back at me

“All warfare is based on deception Hence, e are able to attack, weour forces, we must appear inactive; e are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far ahen far ae must make him believe we are near But remember… To win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the ac is the acme of skill…this is The Art of War,” I said toon un away

Walking frorateful that ht I was so stupid…

What was the fastest way to take power from my family?

It wasn’t money… Anyone with half a brain knew et by for generations, if not longer My father had taught us all The Callahan Family Rules, and the moment I’d heard Marco say he wanted to ithwasn’t right in that, which is why I reives us our power”

The fastest way to take power from my family…was to destroy the clan

In the Art of War, the greatest test of skill was to subdue the ene… What better way to do that than to pit the Irish and the Italians against each other… To restart the blood feuds between them