Chapter 8 - The Traitor's Banquet
The dead mercenaries outside were wearing the insignia of the New York families.
Leonardo realized with absolute horror that someone inside his own city alliance had ordered the hit.
Someone wanted to completely destroy the Costa family before the marriage could solidify their power.
Abigail told Leonardo she had a plan to smoke the traitor out of hiding.
She insisted that Leonardo invite all five of his New York underbosses to a mandatory dinner that evening.
Leonardo thought it was insane to invite potential enemies into his vulnerable home, but he trusted her instincts.
The capos arrived hours later, sitting nervously around the long mahogany dining table.
Abigail spent the entire afternoon cooking a very specific, highly complex Sicilian feast.
She served the dishes herself, watching the faces of the dangerous men carefully.
She placed a rare, heavily spiced seafood stew in front of a man named Marcus.
Marcus was Leonardo's oldest friend and the most trusted advisor in the entire organization.
Marcus took one bite of the stew and his face went completely pale.
He dropped his silver spoon, his hands shaking uncontrollably as he stared at the red broth.
Abigail leaned down and whispered into Marcus's ear that she knew his secret.
She told him the exact spice blend in the stew was only known to the men who had visited her father's private kitchen in Chicago.
It was the exact dish her father always served when sealing a secret betrayal pact.
Leonardo stood up slowly from the head of the table, his dark eyes locked onto his oldest friend.
Marcus frantically reached for his hidden weapon, realizing he had been perfectly trapped.
Leonardo drew his gun faster and shot Marcus directly in the kneecap.
The other bosses jumped up in pure shock as Marcus collapsed screaming onto the floor.
Marcus begged for mercy, confessing that he had sold Leonardo out to take over the New York territory.
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Leonardo looked at Abigail, completely mesmerized by her brilliant, bloodless interrogation tactic.
He ordered his guards to drag the screaming traitor down into the soundproof basement.
