You Always Make Me Wait
The modern scent of this new city vanished, replaced by an illusion of gunpowder and wild lemongrass.
The scent of the Palermo slums, eight years ago.
Back then, Lucius wasn't a supreme Don. He was just an exiled teenager, covered in blood and knife wounds.
I remembered that rainy night, hiding behind a leaking cargo container, sharing a piece of black bread that was hard as stone. With hands that hadn't been corrupted by power yet, he carefully wiped the dirt from my face, his eyes filled with absolute, desperate tenderness.
"Rhea," his young voice had been so steady, "When I take back my name, I'm building you an estate on the highest peak of Sicily. You won't have to hold a gun or take a
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