She Hid in the Mafia Boss’s Closet. At Dawn, He Learned She Had Been There Before.

Dante lifted the box.

It was light, old, and tied with a faded blue ribbon.

Elena’s ribbon.

His sister had worn it the summer before she married Luca Bellini.

Dante remembered teasing her about it.

She had stuck her tongue out at him and tied it around his wrist for luck before his first serious negotiation.

His hands, those steady hands feared by half the continue reading …