The Don's Punishment
I gave him custom cufflinks, each gemstone concealing a microtracker.
I made sure to appear everywhere he frequented: private casinos, underground fighting matches, members-only rooftop bars, and so on. Each carefully staged coincidence earned a raised brow and a smile that signaled permission to stay.
At last, on a night when he was lightly drunk, he slid a ring onto my finger with casual ease.
"So eager to belong to me?" he said. "Fine. As you wish."
At that moment, I believed I had won.
I believed I had captured the heart of Don Enzo Galante, the most dangerous and dazzling man in the underworld.