BLOOD & JUSTICE
The air had smelled of grilled meat and a family she no longer owned.
“Pew! Pew! You got me!”
Alessandro threw himself onto the grass with theatrical flair, his toy rifle slipping free. Dante—ten years old, wild-haired, not yet touched by the world’s bitterness—stepped over him, weapon raised against an enemy that existed only in imagination. Lorenzo’s laughter rang behind them, uncontained and enormous.
“Surrender, villain!” Alessandro cried, snatching up the rifle again.
“Bow before us, creature of darkness!” Dante echoed, nearly stumbling with the effort.
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