Chapter 7

I stared at my phone screen, feeling my blood run cold. The Corleone famiglia's enemy had put a 20-million-dollar bounty on my head and wanted me alive. I then received a text message from Lucio. "I saw the bounty as well. I'm very sorry. I was too high-profile and attracted the attention of others." Damn it. Mafia families really were troublesome to deal with. I put my phone away and blended into the night. When I returned to one of my safe houses, my best friend, Sofia Marino, was also there. "How did you get yourself into such big trouble, Elvira?" she asked with great interest. "How exciting." I closed the door and drew all the curtains. "Would you like to take my place?" I asked with a wry smile. The screen of the safe house's computer was lit up, and the dark web's website flickered on-screen. My photo was displayed at the very center of the screen with a 20-million-dollar bounty attached to it. I was wanted alive. Sofia leaned in and whistled. "You got on the bad side