Chapter 228: Already close

Massimo Valenti chuckled softly, the sound low and almost amused, as he lowered the burner phone from his ear. The light from the single lamp didn’t quite reach his face, leaving his features half-buried in darkness. It suited him. It always had.

Dominic’s voice still echoed faintly in his mind—controlled, sharp, strained beneath restraint. So much like him. That same stubborn pride. That same be