23. DESTROY

~ Damon ~ Keeping the peace in his own household was the single most important thing that a mafia king needs to do. Otherwise, how would people respect him? How could his followers obey him? Damon was beyond appalled when he came home and saw the state of his compound. Someone had breached through the gates. No one had done this since the Red Wedding those years ago, and he vowed to never let that happen again.  These people that breached the compound, Dylan and Lucas, they seemed to have no fear of him. Or maybe they were more concerned about Violet than about him. Either way, it did not look good, especially since his enemies were stalking the estate. If word got out that the Van Zandt compound was so easily infiltrated by two normal guys, his reputation would be in the toilet. And then there was the issue with Violet.  Her disobeying him in front of his men was one thing, but her choice to side with the infiltrators was another thing. Loyalty was perhaps the single greatest commodit