Even before I opened my eyes again, I felt Furia’s wet tongue on my face. I opened one eye, then the other and, with my vision still clouded, and my head bursting, I realized that I was lying on the ground in a clearing, the same one where a week before the brutal murder of Anna Lory Stella was committed. Bending over me, I recognized Mauro and Laura, both with a worried look on their faces. I tried to get up but was blocked by my deputy. «You stop right there! Don’t try to move. An ambulance will arrive shortly, and you will be transferred to the A&E. When will you stop getting yourself in dangerous situations, improvising on your own without saying anything to anyone?» These words, pronounced by Mauro, came muffled to my ears. «Did you call the firemen? Casa Della Rosa is on fire! But

