Alessio's Pov
The night had a strange silence to it, the kind that wraps around you like a suffocating fog. I hated that silence. It felt like it was mocking me, like it knew something I didn’t. And maybe it did. I sat in the front seat of the car, staring out at the dark, narrow streets of Italy. My jaw clenched as my thoughts raced. Gabriela was still missing. My fists curled tighter.
I slammed the dashboard. “We should’ve found her by now.”
Carlo looked at me from the passenger seat. “We’ll find her, boss. We just need time.”
Time. That’s what everyone kept saying. But time was running out, and we didn’t have the luxury of waiting anymore. I shoved open the door.
“Follow me,” I barked, signaling to the men in the second car behind us. “Carlo, you're with me.”
We moved swiftly thr
