Chapter 23

Dario

My feet pounded soft earth, boots sinking into rain-softened dirt. Cool night whipped my face, cut the breath in my lungs into sharp bursts as I raced across the sprawling estate. Faster than I’d maybe ever sprinted before.

I was running out of time.

Ahead, a silver shimmer marked the lake that set the southern border of the Lucchese estate. I’d never been so glad for such an inescapable nat