All Chapters of Blood and Badge : Chapter 61 - Chapter 64

Villa Isabella, Sabine MountainsOne week laterThe peace Elena and Dante had rebuilt was fragile, like ice in the first days of spring. They both treaded carefully, fearing that one misstep would shatter everything.That morning, the envelope arrived without a return address, like so many others.But this one was different.Elena found it in the mailbox, next to the dirt road. The paper was thick, expensive, with a red wax seal she didn't recognize. She opened it with trembling hands.Inside, an invitation.“The Moretti family is celebrating its centenary. Your presence is expected.”The date was in a week. The place, an estate in Sicily that Elena didn't know. And in the bottom corner, a handwritten note:“Bring your husband. And the child.”Elena took the invitation to Dante.He read it silently, his expression hardening.We can't go.Why?Because it's a trap.How do you know?Because the Moretti family doesn't celebrate anything. They never have. And even less so now, with most of

Northern ItalyDays LaterValentina walked along the lake shore, the icy wind cutting her face. She had been waiting for three days, keeping watch, wondering if she had made the right decision.Vittorio was hiding in the house, waiting too. The FBI was looking for him. So was the Italian police. But he had said it was necessary. To catch the real enemy, he first had to look like the enemy."Do you think he'll come?" Vittorio asked when she went back inside."I don't know. Elena is cautious. She learns from her mistakes.Like her sister.Like Sofia."The silence stretched on. Outside, the wind howled.Villa IsabellaElena couldn't sleep.Dante breathed beside her, calm for the first time in days, but she remained awake, turning Valentina's words over in her mind.The real enemy. The one behind it all. The one who used Salvatore, Vittorio, everyone.Who could have had so much power? Who could have manipulated one of the most powerful families in Italy for decades?She went down to the l