Elena awoke to her work phone ringing in the middle of the night. Though it had been quite some time since that had happened, Elena still answered.
"I thought we were done with midnight phone calls," Elena said sleepily.
"Don't be ridiculous," Massimo replied. "Come to the estate. I have an urgent job for you."
Elena quickly arrived at the Ferraro estate. A servant led her to a side room she hadn't been to before.
The room looked more like a secret meeting area or perhaps a room to play poker or some other game. The room itself was small by Ferraro standards, but it still easily fit six chairs around a circular table. While the furniture was simple, the walls were covered in classical paintings.
But Elena barely paid attention to any of that. In one of the chairs was a man who had sev
