The Rizzos? Was I supposed to know that name?

“Giuseppe was probably too scared to tell Constantine the truth, knowing the Costas’ history with them,” Hudson said in a grim tone.

Izzy swiped away another tear. “Aurora admitted to Emilia that her original deal with the Rizzos was to give them protection from The League in exchange for their help.”

Constantine’s brows knitted as he lifted his dark, hooded eyes to mine. “The Rizzos are the ones who kidnapped my mother, and my father rescued her from them.”

I thought back to everything Constantine had shared with me in his office, and now it all clicked.

“The Rizzos figured out what Aurora was up to with the cyber wallet and The League.” Izzy sniffled. “They decided they’d rather get their hands on the device themselves.”

That closet full of baggage and skeletons had burst open, trying to bury us all. Everything pointed back to old grudges. To Constantine’s father saving the woman he loved. And now here we were with Salvatore’s son poised to save the love of his own son’s life.

Izzy’s voice hardened as she pushed through her explanation. “The Rizzos, not Aurora, hired the mercenaries to go after Colin. They tried to set Constantine up against Giuseppe as a diversion. Kill as many birds with one stone as they could. And those twisted assholes would do it with smiles on their faces.” She grimaced. “Their backup plan if they couldn’t get Colin was to use Carmello’s son to force a trade for the cyber wallet. They didn’t care about protection from The League anymore. They didn’t care about making sworn enemies of our family. All they wanted was access to billions in cryptocurrency.”

The door behind me abruptly swung open. I stumbled, nearly falling against Colin.

He must have been eavesdropping.

The jet was quieter than a commercial airliner, but I’d assumed the ambient noise would’ve provided enough cover for us to talk freely.

Colin’s face was pale. “Does that mean they don’t need Lennon now since they have Daniel?” His voice cracked. “Is my girlfriend already dead?”

Constantine’s chest lifted with a deep breath before he exhaled, issuing a command. “Tell the pilot to change course for Rome. We’ll drive to Naples from there. Less of a chance the Rizzos will realize we’re onto them that way.”

Colin sidestepped me to get to his father, grabbing his arm. “What if she’s still alive, and she’s in Ireland, and they reach out to make that deal, and we’re⁠—”