Lorenzo Vitale
My temple throbs as I try to secure new overland routes for shipping goods into Eastern Europe after control of the Police Department slipped from our hands. In the past, the Cosa Nostra gave explicit instructions on how people should approach us, but we foolishly believed that would no longer be necessary.
A grave mistake.
Chief Ginevra knows exactly who we are and what we do. Even without a single piece of evidence against us, he has openly opposed the power we wield in the region. He began by encouraging the merchants who owe us pizzo, assuring them that the law—not the underworld—stands on their side. Within a week, ten merchants in the tourist district near the harbor simply stopped paying.
It isn't about the money.
It's about the message.
The Cosa Nostra is no lo
