Mission: Save the Underworld Queen, or Die
I'm the human shield Daniela Falcone—the underworld queen—personally chose to protect her first love, Luca Bianchi.
We're three years into our marriage, and this is already the eighth time her rivals have kidnapped me.
Daniela arrives with her men to rescue me, but we're not even five minutes into negotiations when Luca calls.
"Dani, I lost at Truth or Dare. I'm supposed to kiss some woman here, but I want to save my first kiss for you. Can you come over?"
The second Daniela turns and walks away without a single backward glance, a knife plunges deep into my stomach, and blood splatters everywhere.
Just like the last seven times, her right-hand man, Carlo Marino, tosses some cash around to clean up the mess. Then, he has me sent to the hospital.
In the ambulance, I hear Daniela's men guessing whether I'll live long enough to see Luca stand on his own two feet.
They roar with laughter. I'm the only one crying.
The mission to save the underworld queen has failed, which means the System will wipe me out soon.
I think to myself, "Daniela, I won't live to see that day."