Chapter 86

• **BEFORE...**
• Rocco, the former consigliere of Vittorio Amorielle, found himself at a desperate crossroads. He had been banished from the family, his only safe haven for years. Without Vittorio's support and protection, he felt lost and vulnerable, facing an uncertain future in the dangerous world of the mafia.
• The night was dark when Rocco approached the house that John Smith shared with Ellis. It was a place he knew well, a place he had been countless times alongside Vittorio and other family members. Now, he was there for entirely different reasons.