Barnabas widened his eyes in shock. It's not like Peter to kill his family, especially a woman who might be carrying the next generation of the family. But then he caught the fear in Peter's eyes.
Barnabas calmed down. The don is right. They cannot go against the Vitale family. They are not that big a family and with the Palatini family constantly acting against them, they surely aren't that safe even in their own country much less the world. And, they cannot allow their family to be shamed by allowing their family's woman to be taken by the Vitale family.
Killing her would be the easiest option. If she's anything clever as he thinks she is, she would agree too. It's not something new. It's happened for ages. Women in the keep were prepared to kill themselves with poison before getting captured by the enemy armies in case they lost the battle.
It's logical. But…
