Chapter 5 - The Voice of a Ghost
Domenico pulled a single, folded sheet of thick parchment from the torn envelope. He unfolded the document and began to scan the handwritten words quickly, keeping the contents completely shielded from Camilla and Marco.
For the first few seconds, Domenico’s face remained an impenetrable mask of cold, battle-hardened fury.
But then, as his intense brown eyes scanned the second paragraph, he suddenly froze.
The terrifying, absolute composure of the feared New York mafia boss completely evaporated. His powerful shoulders went entirely rigid. His eyes widened in sheer, unimaginable horror, and the healthy, olive tone of his skin turned deathly, ghostly pale. The anger in his expression melted away, instantly replaced by the profound, agonizing devastation of a man whose entire reality had just been violently shattered.
Camilla and Marco stared at him from the floor, locked in a state of absolute, fearful, suffocating silence. They knew he was reading the words of a ghost.
To understand the horrific gravity of the letter, one had to look back exactly fourteen months to the darkest tragedy in the history of the Romano syndicate.
Before Domenico took the throne, the family empire was jointly ruled by him and his older brother, Antonio. Antonio was Sofia’s father. He was a brilliant, diplomatic leader who balanced Domenico’s terrifying muscle. But fourteen months ago, just three days after little Sofia was born, Antonio was killed in a catastrophic, fiery car crash on a secluded mountain road.
The local authorities ruled it a tragic accident caused by brake failure. Domenico had spent months tearing the city apart looking for proof of foul play, but he found absolutely nothing.
Until this very second.
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The letter Domenico was holding was a dying declaration, written by Antonio just hours before he stepped into that doomed vehicle.
👉 Read Part 6 to learn the sickening details of the assassination plot.
