ia
eturn to the es
ext night
nte's Consigliere ca
ut of town on urgent Synd
ver back in its cr
nd hacked into Dante's p
r left the
owed he was parked in the underground
nd set my phone down
ere perfec
as slow, calm,
sleeping under freezing bridg
d a single te
d to she
ay, Matteo visi
to the parlor carrying an o
fee table with an aw
f painful small talk,
art, Aria," he advised so
lty lies with you.
who used to take my orders without
ociates at the last banquet?" I asked, my voice a low
ile froze o
ard, his Adam'
Aria. I swear on my life i
lence for the real
roat, shifting uncomf
to stand down," h
eed to stop ta
u desire, as long as you do not cros
down to the expensive
ure on those divorce papers,"
s head sadly an
e, watching the shadows lengthen
nto the dimly
on my shoulder and begged me in
e hush money and the hollo
ack to Dante, fre
n and bleeding from illegal
over his open wounds in the cramp
from working a menia
while I was inside," he had said, p
y turn to tak
way and looked up at
to me," I stated firmly,
tates that I canno
I sat alone in the dark, my fingers
. They don't know the name
thing-and dialed a number
e silence. "It's time
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