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CHAPTER 41A FEW MINUTES OF PEACE LUCIENThe moment I dropped the call with Marco, I called the other person ok my mind. After three rings, a thick, gravelly voice answered. "Moretti? To what do I owe the displeasure?""Ricci. I need a favour."Ricci Lorenzo was an old business associate who happened to be a retired mafia don. He just decided to live a “clean life”, so he decided to become a federal agent. Stupid decision. "What else is new?" The sound of creaking leather sounded in my ears. He was probably leaning back in whatever cheap office chair the federal police had assigned him. "You have someone on your rather you want to get killed?""Not exactly. I just need you to help me find out everything on Alessandro De Luca. Associates, financials, properties, meetings and even women."There was a second silence, then he chuckled. "Women? Alessandro De Luca? You sure you want me digging into that particular void?""I'm not in the mood for games, Ricci, if you're trying to make a

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CHAPTER 42EYES IN THE DARKLUCIENI wasted no time after hearing him. I rose from my chair, the napkin falling from my lap onto the polished wood."Finish your dinner," I said without holding her gaze. " The maid would bring you desert if you want it."She opened her mouth to say something, but I didn't stay long enough to hear her speak. The door clicked shut behind us, cutting off the warmth of the dining room, keeping us out of her hearing shot. And giving me the chance I needed to ask what I needed to. "What's the situation?" I asked."Marco's ready. The team's assembled in the operations room, we just need to run over a few things by you."Nodding once, I picked up my pace. We walked towards the operations room, and in less than two minutes, we were there. The operations room has no rooms, lit by the blue glow of monitors mounted on the far wall. There was a table dominating the center of the space which was covered with blueprints, satellite images and a detailed floor plan

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CHAPTER 43CURIOSITY WOULD ONE DAY KILL THE CATCHIARAThe maid cleared my plate, and I sat alone at the long dining table. The candles burned low, filling the air with a flowery scent. I should've gone back to my room, but my mind wouldn't stop running. Pushing back from the table, I walked out of the dinning room towards the garden. Going to my room wasn't going to cut it out for me.The night air was cool, carrying the faint scent of lavender and damp earth. Aside from the lights in the estates, the moon was my source of lighting as I found the same stone bench I laced earlier. It was tucked between the rose bushes and the fountain. I sat, taking in the ambience of the place at nightmare the old gardener was gone of course, so the garden was empty. Tilting my head back, I stared at the stars. Star gazing had a very unique way of making your mind wander. And that was exactly what my mind did. Wander. Would my life have been different if you were still alive, Mamma?That thought

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CHAPTER 44IN ANOTHER LIGHTLUCIENThe door slammed against the inner wall, and instantly, I was on my feet before my brain could fully decipher what was going on. My hand found my gun on instincts as I slid my finger to the trigger, pointing it to the intruder. “Oh my God!” She gasped out, raising both her hands as her eyes widened. Her nightgown clung to her skin, her chest heaving like she ran the length of the estate. "Rossi! What the hell!?"I lowered my gun, but her gaze had left mine. She was staring at the monitors, watching the movements broadcast in real time. I was sure she already recognised the place. “What ate you doing here?” I asked, trying to steal her attention. I failed. "Is that..." She took a step closer, her voice barely a whisper. "Is that my father's house?"I stepped sideways, blocking her view this time. "You shouldn't be here. Go back to your room.""So you weren't joking." Her grey eyes stayed fixed on the screens, and I couldn't exactly tell if her ey

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CHAPTER 45REMAINDERS OF MY MOTHERCHIARA"Shit."That single word was enough to spike the rate of my heartbeat again. I already knew the reality of the situation before she said anything. "What is it?" Lucien snapped."I'm sorry boss, I was unable to get to the panel on time before he circled back to the desk. The old man is settled into a chair right next to the bookshelf, I can't get past him without being seen."Why the hell is he picking tonight to plant himself in that chair like a guard dog!? I'm just inches away from the one thing that might answer all the questions I have. Shit!Lucien's fist hit the desk, making the monitors shudder. Before either of us could speak, a new voice cut through the speaker. "You're going to need another distraction."I blinked, my eyebrows slightly dipped. "Marco? You went with them?"Lucien's voice sounded before he spoke again. “Where have you been?” "Monitoring the perimeter feed, but I heard everything. I only kept my mouth shut because M

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CHAPTER 46SHREDS OF DOUBTLUCIENThis is impossible…The picture sat on the desk between us as I stared at my mother's arm sling around her mother's shoulders, both of them laughing at something we weren't seeing.She touched the edge of the photograph, confusion written all over her face. "How?""I don't know."None of it made any sense. “How is this even possible? You don't have any memory of my mother by any chance?” I searched my mind, sifting through the fragments of a childhood that ended in blood and gunfire. I got flashes of my mum brushing my hair, my mum humming by the window, my mum pressing a kiss to my forehead. But noelne of them included another woman. "No. Nothing," I said. "I don't remember my mother ever having any friends. She was the Don's wife… that was her whole world.""That can't be true. Look at them." She tapped the photograph, her eyes desperate. "That's not a polite acquaintance or a business dinner smile. That's—""No."I didn't even want to think abou

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CHAPTER 47A FUCKING AMBUSH LUCIEN“What the fuck!?”A spiderweb of fractured glass spread across the passenger side. The bullet that made it through, buried itself in the headrest, an inch from my driver's skull. He swerved hard, the tired screeching against the tar road, my phone dropping from my hand as I grabbed the hand of the door. "Down!" I shouted.Another shot fired and the rear window shattered. Glass rained across the back seat like hair, and from the mirror, I caught the glint of a black SUV closing in behind us."Contact Marco!""I'm trying!" My driver–Renzo, responded, fumbling his phone with one hand while the other fought the wheel. "No signal! They're jamming us!"I twisted in my seat, pulling my gun from the holster. Through the shattered rear window, I counted two vehicles… maybe three, gaining on us."Take the vineyard road!"Renzo wrenched the wheel to the left, and the car fishtailed onto the dirt path that cut through the old olive grove. Branches clawed at t

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CHAPTER 48WHEN THE MIGHTY FALLS TO HIS KNEES CHIARAI was still rambling when his body swayed.“Hey..”My palms shot out, pressing flat against his chest a sj braced my shoulders for a weight I wasn't exactly prepared for. He was heavy… so much heavier than he looked. He simply had the wight of a dead man. "Lucien!" I called, urgency in my tone as my voice came out high and edged with a panic I couldn't swallow down. “Lucien, stay with me. Open your eyes."His head lolled forward, resting on my shoulders. I could feel the heat of his warm blood seeping through my fingers, wetting my palm. "Help!" I screamed, my voice ricocheting off the stone walls. But there was no response. "Somebody help! Who the fuck is there!?"I tried to look at his face and his face looked too calm for what he was in. Sound of hurrying footsteps began to enter my ears. Guards appeared at both ends of the hallway, their hands clutching their guns, their fingers resting on the trigger as their eyes widen i

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CHAPTER 49FAULTLESS BLAMECHIARAMarco's forearm pressed against my collarbone, pinning me to the wall. His face was inches from mine, his teeth was bared, and his eyes were blazing with a fury that made the guards in the room take a collective step backward."What the fuck did you do to him?""Nothing!" I gasped, my hands coming up instinctively to push against his chest. But he didn't budge. "I only tried to stitched his wound. That's all.""You're not a doctor, neither are you a nurse. You're a nobody who suddenly decided to play surgeon on the Don of the Moretti family." His forearm pressed harder. "Give me one reason not to throw you back in that room and lose the key.”His pressure from his arm was almost cutting off my airway. "I didn't–" I wheezed. "I'm sorry. I didn't know what else to do. He was bleeding everywhere, and no one else was doing anything. I didn't want him to die."Tears filled my eyes as I took a quick glance towards Lucien. "You could have killed him!" Marc

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CHAPTER 50THE BEGINNING OF A HUNTLUCIENThe guard was it the door before the echo is my voice faded. The Rossi girl was still seated in the chair beside my bed, her hands folded gently in her lap. I don't know what struck me most. The fact that she was still seated there in that bloodied dress, staring at me like I'd disappear any monut. Or the fact that she was worried about me. "You should clean up," I said to her, holding her gaze for a second before looking away. "I will… after Marco comes.""You don't need to be here for this. Just go clean up," I insisted, but she stared me down with equally stubborn eyes. "Just ignore me."“Don't make me repeat myself, Rossi. Go clean up, we'll talk after.” She held my gaze stubbornly and didn't look like she was going to back down. But after a few seconds, she let out a soft sigh, nodded her head and walked out. A few minutes later, the door opened and Marco stepped in. His face was hard at first, but when they finally rest on me, they

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