CHOSEN BY A SINNER (Completed)

Chapter 30

Luca

While my in-laws visit Mariya, I take time to get work done.

With Nikolas, Liam, and Gabriel in LA, we skip having a

meeting at our usual venue and meet at my apartment.

The three men will also stay at my place while they're in town.

When I walk into the marble foyer. I hear laughter coming from the living room. I find the men enjoying a drink.

Viktor notices me first and gestures in my direction. The other three come to shake my hand, Nikolas waiting until last. "How are you holding up?"

"Mariya's slowly healing, so I'm doing better."

"I can't believe you got married." Liam mutters. "I thought Viktor would bite the bullet before you."

Gabriel chuckles.

"Me?" Viktor looks disgruntled.

"To your Rose with all the thorns," Gabriel reminds him.

"You still have the girl?" Nikolas asks.

"Change the subject. Luca's the one who took advantage

of my drunk sister," he throws me under the bus to get the spotlight off him.

Nikolas lifts an eyebrow at me, but I shake my head. "You forced Tessa to marry you." Then I grin. "Mariya dragged me to the chapel, and I just didn't stop her."

"Dragged," Viktor chuckles. "Good one."

"So what's this about you being targeted by two gangs?" Liam asks.

"Arben Tinaj," Viktor informs them. "Twenty-two years old and born in Selce, and Erand Kastrati, twenty-five and from Tirana. The idiots got it in their heads that whoever takes

down Luca gets control of Europe." Nikolas looks downright pissed. "I'm offended."

"Me too." Gabriel mutters. He looks at Nikolas. "Clearly, we're doing something wrong."

"What the fuck are you talking about?" Viktor asks.

"Town Greece and Cyprus. Gabriel has control over Turkey. But no, the fuckers only go after Luca."

"It's because he's the head of the Priesthood. They think if

he falls, we all fall." Liam states.

"How are we handling this?" Nikolas asks.

"I'm focused on Mariya at the moment. I just need time until she's released from the hospital."

"Then we'll buy you time." Gabriel says. "Tell us where to go and who to kill."

"I need you to stay here. Most of my men are in Italy, up to their necks in Albanian shit. I can't trust anyone else with Mariya's safety."

"And I'm fucking chopped liver," Viktor mutters. "I'll arrange an army to guard her."

"We can bring our wives." Liam says. "They'll see it as a vacation while we keep everyone safe until we can deal with the problem."

"Good idea." Gabriel agrees.

I look at the brotherhood. "We've been through some tough times together, and we've triumphed every time."

"This time will be no different," Viktor says, pouring everyone a drink.

Once we have the tumblers in our hands, I toast, "To eliminating the fuckers who dare come after us."

I've just swallowed the alcohol when Nikolas says, "Now tell us in detail how you landed yourself Alexei Koslov's
daughter, and he didn't kill you."