Page 124 of Secret Baby for the Mafia Prince

I stop Vito from having a fist fight with one of Mateo’s men. His nose is bleeding but the other guy looks worse as Vito smashes his head with his fist before shoving a dagger into the side of his throat.

Giovanni and I take cover by the side of the house, continuing the fire exchange.

More of Mateo’s men troop into his mansion, heavily armed. Pietro was meant to fucking take care of this. God knows, if that asshole is fucking with me, I’ll have his brains blown out.

“Arggh,” Giovanni groans, falling to the ground. I turn swiftly to see one of Mateo’s men with a dagger in his arm. He has stabbed Giovanni in the hand and the wound is heavily bleeding.

I dodge as he swings his arm forward to stab me in the chest.

Not today.

He yells and comes at me again. His body is covered in dust, with a bloody wound on the side of his head. I grab his arm as he staggers and fails to stab me one more time, smacking the dagger out of his grip to the ground.

He groans loudly as I punch him hard in the face. Giovanni kills him with the same dagger, shoving it into his abdomen, twisting it hard till he gasps and takes his last breath.

I’ve missed this. My body is heavy with so much adrenaline.

“Are you alright?” I ask Giovanni, concerned.

He nods in response. His face is red already. Giovanni grunts as he rips a part of his shirt and uses the piece to tie the stab wound. I watch the others fighting.

More bodies of my men and Giovanni's are scattered on the ground. Mateo’s men are overpowering us. We’re almost outnumbered.

Shit.

I spot Sterling on the ground. One of Mateo’s men hovers over him, delivering punches to his face.

Sterling’s face is bloody as he is getting beat up. He coughs out blood. Vito is on the other end, occupied with two of Mateo’s men trying to get him.

I have to help Sterling. “Cover me, Giovanni,” I say, reloading my gun.

“They are too much, Luca; you'll get yourself killed.”

“Just fucking cover for me. I’ll be fine.” I take one last look before I run out in open sight, Giovanni shooting back at the men aiming at me.

I shoot one, sending a bullet through his abdomen. He staggers to the ground, breathing heavily. I grab him by his shirt and pull him closer to me. He is still alive when I use him as cover, dragging him with me as I cross over to where Sterling's at.

He is screaming as his body takes the bullet shots, shielding mine. I shoot the man hitting Sterling through the back of his head and he falls down on Sterling’s body, dead.

Sterling’s breathing heavily and pushes off the body to the ground.

“Are you alright?” I bend to the ground to help him up. Sterling coughs out some more blood when I pull him up.

“I...I will be.”

“Don't you fucking die on me.” I hang one of his hands over my shoulder as I continue to shoot with the other. Giovanni is coming behind me, helping to cover me as I carry Sterling to a safe place.

I’m a step away from our car when I feel a sharp pain piercing my arm.

“Luca!” someone yells.

I drop Sterling to the ground behind the car. “You’re hit,” he grunts, as I turn to look at my arm. Blood is spilling down to my fingers.

Fuck.

I dodge another shot from Mateo’s man in front of me, dropping to the ground. My arm fucking hurts.

Giovanni saves me and Sterling as he shoots the man. His body falls to the ground with a bullet in his head.

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