Chapter 123

LORENZO’S P.O.V. As I took in the man that Igor came with, I couldn’t find it in myself to bring down my walls. The last man he brought onto our territory was a traitor, there was no way I was going to easily trust this one. He didn’t look untrustworthy, in fact, he looked like he hung onto every single word that came out of Igor’s mouth. He looked to be closer to Natalia’s age than mine and there was an air of inexperience around him. Something told me that was just a façade judging by the three guns I could see strapped to his body. “Is he family?” I asked and Igor shook his head. “How do we know we can trust him?” “I found him as an orphan on the streets of Moscow. He was seven and he could use a gun. He was useful to me. He wouldn’t betray me.” “Funny how you said the same thing about Aleksei,” Matteo shot and everyone went silent. I gave my consigliere a warning glance. We didn’t want to piss them off, we wanted peace and the way he was going, it was almost like he was asking