Matteo POV
Matteo knew exactly which family those men belonged to.
The La Torre family.
They were the De Lucas' longtime rivals—deep in the same business, yet with a reputation for brutality that even the De Lucas found excessive. Matteo spotted their boss instantly, sitting at a corner table playing poker with a few others, his face shrewd and unreadable. Why hadn’t he thought of them sooner? Maybe because they’d been unusually quiet for the past few years. Too quiet.
“Elizabeth, I know who they are—La Torre,” Matteo whispered.
Her eyes widened. “Are they here?”
He nodded, subtly gesturing with a tilt of his head. “They’re at that far table. Their boss is playing poker.” His gaze shifted across the table, noting a few familiar faces. Moretti was there, his arrogant posture impossibl
