After tying up the remaining loose ends in Serafino, I prepared to move back to the castle for good.With the Bellini family liquidated, Luca was now saddled with an astronomical debt to the Rossis.My brother's intelligence network reported that when Luca hit rock bottom, Mia had stolen the last of his emergency cash from his safe and tried to flee by boat. Our men intercepted her at the docks and sank her into the harbor.As for Luca, he had collapsed in a dark alley from a combination of wound infection and a massive stomach hemorrhage. He was found by patrolmen, who called an ambulance that dumped him in a slum emergency room.The doctors barely saved his wretched life, but his broken body would now forever rely on IV drips to survive, while facing the endless pursuit of his enemies and debt collectors.On the way to the private airstrip, the days-long downpour finally stopped.The sun came out over Serafino, a rare sight. Through the bulletproof glass, a sliver of long-forgotten w
Read more