The rain came down in needles as the black SUV skidded to a halt in front of the old cathedral. Adrian stepped out, drenched in both water and rage. His hand clutched the bloodied letter.....the letter that rewrote every truth he’d ever known. Valentina’s father had been loyal. Innocent. And I pulled the trigger anyway.
The doors creaked open as he stormed inside. The cathedral smelled of incense and old stone, but beneath it all lingered something fouler.... secrets rotting from the core. The man waiting by the altar turned slowly, a ghost from the past Adrian had never wanted to revisit.
"Salvatore," Adrian said, voice razor-sharp.
Salvatore Costa.....his uncle, his mentor, the puppetmaster behind it all smiled like a man watching his last chess piece fall into place.
"So you've fina
