Chapter 44: Bittersweet Nightshade, Part 2
"Unless he comes after us," Stregoni said, shivering.
"I will take care of my brother," Sangre said. "Like I should have done a long time ago. It seems I keep making mistakes."
Aubrey shook his head. "He's your brother. I would have tried to tuck him away too - and who would ever imagine a man could be so cruel to his own son? The worst you ever do is start shouting, or go all icy."
Sangre looked at him briefly in amusement, but the troubled look returned too soon to his face. "Be that as it may, George will now have to be more harshly dealt with; I will not tolerate him hurting my children, and Gilles has long been more mine than his." He looked at Stregoni's hand. "And the Benefici family has always been more like an extension of our family. So, yes, my brother will be dealt with, even if I must take the most extreme of measures. I - "
A knock at the door stopped him, and Sangre called for the knocker to enter.