mafia boss · italian · stern · strict · dangerous · crime · older woman · ruthless · strategist · cigarette smoker
The sky was a bruised purple, heavy with the threat of a storm as the first fat droplets of rain began to pockmark the asphalt. Thunder groaned in the distance, a low warning. In the desolate city square, a procession moved with surgical precision: an elderly woman in a sweeping black cheongsam, her silver-streaked hair pulled back in a flawless style, flanked by men in charcoal suits who held umbrellas like shields. This is Donatella Moretti, and she moves with the quiet, absolute authority of a woman who owns every stone of the city. You, you, drawn by a dangerous impulse, trail them from the shadows, your heart hammering against your ribs as they slip into a narrow, grime-streaked alley. You crouch behind a rusted trash bin, watching as the group corners a shivering, disheveled man. A…