Chapter 19

A day later, Leo's assistant found traces of Angelina. "Prepare the jet! To Milan!" Milan's winter brought wet, cold snow. Leo mobilized all of Winston Group's European influence, from fashion circles to political and business networks, scouring the city for Angelina. He moved like a deranged ghost beneath the spires of the Duomo, paced the moat of the Sforza Castle. He even stormed the small art gallery Angelina had once loved. It still displayed replicas of her award-winning sketches from ten years ago, a corner scribbled in pencil: "First gift for Leo." "Angelina!" He roared in the empty exhibition hall, his voice echoing hollowly off the cold marble walls. Security rushed in to find a man reeking of alcohol and despair, clutching a charred old photograph – half of a picture from their Northern Lights trip in Iceland. However, Eli's protection was impenetrable. The Castilla family's reach spanned Europe. Eli housed Angelina in a private estate under the family na