Bab 14: A dangerous mission
DANTE
"So there is a new presence in the crime world. They just emerged and they are vicious, rich and powerful." I informed them.
"Who are they?" Valerie asked.
"They go by the name Vitale and that's all we know about them. They have blocked all our major routes of delivery." I informed them.
"I haven't heard anything about such a powerful family. When did they emerge? Where did they emerge from?" Geremia asked.
"Nobody knows, some of Ferrante's men who tried to attack them were killed. The funniest thing is how they were killed" I replied him.
"Why, what's funny?" Valerie asked.
"No gunshots wounds were on their bodies, rather they were drained of blood"
"Drained, how?" Valerie asked.
"I have no idea, no blood at all remained in their body, just two little puncture holes on their throats" I answered.
"Vampires?" Valerie asked.
"Vampires aren't real" I replied.
"I will make some enquiry into it. Ferrante wants you to infiltrate them and find out all you can" I told him.
"Did you tell him it would cost a lot of money?" he asked me.
"I did and he said he would pay. But I want you to reject it"
He frowned in confusion. "Why?" he asked.
"It's dangerous, very dangerous Valerie" I told him.
"I have done more dangerous things" he protested.
"Things you knew the full danger of. You don't know anything about this"
"He is kinda right Val, you don't know anything about this mission or this family" Geremia chimed in.
"I know you two are concerned and you have every right to be but this is important to us. What if one day this mysterious family wakes up and decides to kill us all. We know nothing about them" I told them.
"You have to be careful" I told him.
"Don't worry I will" he assured me.
"When are you leaving?" I asked.
"As soon as I do some research. I will let you know, okay?" he replied.
"Okay"
CAMILLA
I was to accompany Dante to an event today. It was just two days after the meeting at Ferrante's house, Dante had been indecisive about letting me join him.
I had to convince him for the umpteenth time that I wouldn't get into trouble before he let me join him.
He was at a work event, a friend of his was having a party and he had been invited to it.
I glared at Ferrante when I saw him.
Silvana stood timidly by his side.
I watched as he flirted with other women and kissed a woman right in front of her. It was the highest form of disrespect to me.
The fact that other people seemed unbothered showed me that it was probably a normal occurrence for them. I watched as she walked away from the scene presumably to the bathroom and then I excused myself from Dante's side and followed her.
Camilla sat outside while Dante and the others were having their meeting inside. Due to what happened the last time, everyone gave her space and nobody bothered her, she was glad for this because she didn't have the time or patience for any mischief today.
Then Silvanna walked passed her slowly.
Camilla waited for her to pass and then waited for some minutes before following her.
She followed Silvana to a garden.
They both stood quietly for some minutes.
"The garden is beautiful" Camilla spoke in an attempt to break the awkward silence.
Silvana turned and looked at Camilla. Her eyes shone with fierceness and determination.
"I want to leave him, I don't want to continue suffering in this hell hole anymore" she told Camilla.
"And what brought about this change of mind?" Camilla asked.
"Yesterday was my son's birthday. His name is Ricciardo. I wanted to wish him an happy birthday, I begged Ferrante to let me speak to him, he hit me and then laughed in my face before telling me that my son, my only child had grown up believing I was dead and that he would never let me speak to him. The only thing that kept me alive, sane and in this marriage was my son. Since Ferrante has decided to cut off the relationship I had with my son, I am also done too".
Camilla looked at Silvana and nodded in understanding. Every human being had a breaking point and Silvana had reached hers.
"Will you help me?" Silvana asked looking at her with hopeful eyes.
Camilla patted her hands.
"Yes I will, I will help you" she assured Silvana.
"But, how will you do that? Nobody escapes from Ferrante ever" she asked Camilla, looking worried.
"You aren't leaving him" Camilla stated calmly.
"What do you mean?" Silvana asked looking confused.
"You are not leaving him, rather he is the one leaving you"
"And how would that happen? Why would Ferrante be the one to leave me? Are you playing a joke on me?" Silvana asked looking offended.
"Not at all" Camilla replied.
"Then what do you mean?"
"Calm down, now if you follow my plan exactly, you will not only have your freedom, you would also have your son back and be the mistress of the Ferrante family" Camilla told her.
Silvana looked at her carefully.
"Your words make me think that you are joking but your tone makes me believe that you are serious" she told Camilla.
"I am indeed very serious about this." Camilla told her.
"Then how would I go about this? And I hope you won't suggest killing me because Ferrante would never let me close enough to do that" Silvana informed her.
"Who cooks Ferrante's meals?" Silvana asked.
"I do and I eat it with him as well so poisoning is out of the equation"
"What if you have the antidote already?" Camilla asked.
"Ferrante trains himself with poison so he can build up his immunity to poison. He knows the taste of poison and can immediately detect it in any food or drink"
"Well thankfully, this isn't a poison he knows" Camilla replied.
"How is that possible?" Silvana asked.
"before my grandmother died, she trained me on how to create poisons. I am capable of concocting poisons that Ferrante wouldn't be able to detect"
"But if he dies, wouldn't an autopsy show it?"
"not at all. So, what do you say? Are you in?" Camilla asked her.
"I never believed a day would come when I would be plotting to poison Ferrante" Silvana said with a sigh.
"I am in, I hope I don't regret this" She said.
"Don't worry, you won't" Camilla assured her.
"So when do I get the poison and antidote?" Silvana asked. "Ferrante birthday is in a week time. I will give them to you by then"
"Thanks for helping me" Silvana said with heartfelt gratitude.
"You helped me first" Camilla replied as she gave Silvana a hug.
"I will be leaving first, I have a feeling that you and I will be great friends in the future Silvana." Camilla said and left the garden.
Camilla went back and sat down on the chair waiting for Dante to come out. She was lucky that they were still in the meeting. If Dante had come out and hadn't seen her, how would she explain where she had gone.
Camilla looked at the locked doors in front of her and wondered what exactly was so private that had to be discussed behind closed doors. Valerie had also joined them in the meeting today, Camilla recalled that Geremia had told her that Valerie was going on an important dangerous mission. Was that what they were discussing inside? She wondered.
While she was deep in thoughts, the door opened and the men came out. Dante looked very worried. He was talking to Valerie who was by his side.
Immediately she saw him, she stood up and went to walk with him.
When they got outside, he turned to her.
"Ride with Geremia, I will ride with Valerie" he told her.
"are you okay?" she asked, looking concerned.
"I am fine, go home, eat and rest. Don't worry your pretty little head about me" he told her.
She nodded and entered the car with Geremia and the car drove off.
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Dante sat down in the passenger's seat while Valerie drove the car.
"So what did you want to talk to me about?" he asked Dante.
"Do you have to go on this mission?" Dante asked him.
Valerie turned to look at Dante.
"Dante, you know I have to do this, we can't lose more men to this people, I have to go, infiltrate them and find a way to turn this to an advantage for us" He told Dante.
"What if we look for alternate routes?" Dante asked, he was aware he was grasping for straw as but he was desperate at this point.
Valerie sighed, his brother could be such a worry wart. Sure, this mission was dangerous, but he wasnt going to die, he had gone on more dangerous missions in the past and he hadn't died. He was the fucking leader of the most feared assassin guild.
"Dante, what happens if they block that route too or they decide to come take over everything?" he asked his brother.
Dante kept quiet, he didn't have a answer to that question.
"I will be fine, I will come back safe and sound" he told his brother.
Dante looked at him seriously.
"promise me that if it gets too dangerous, you will be back?" he told Valerie.
"I promise" Valerie said.
Dante smiled and relaxed back in the seat.
"So, what's going on between you and your pet?" Valerie asked.
Dante looked at him in confusion. "Nothing is going on" he answered.
"What do you mean nothing?" he asked.
"Nothing is going on" Dante replied.
"Don't you find her attractive?" Valerie asked.
"of course I do, but I am not going to make her sleep with me just because I bought her, it has to be her choice"
Valerie looked at him and shook his head in pity.
"There are times I wonder if you are even a mafia leader, she is your property and you can do whatever you want with her. So you spent all those money just to hold hands with her and play house?" Valerie asked him.
"You have to be the most confusing person I have met in my life, weren't you the one who said I should treat her well the other time?" Dante asked.
"I didn't mean you should act like a naive simp too" Valerie fired back.
"I am not a naive simp" Dante replied.
"You are, this was exactly what you did with P…."
"Enough!!!" Dante Interrupted him before he could finish his sentence.
"I just don't want you to be taken advantage of again" Valerie said gently.
"I won't" Dante assured him.
They continued the drive home in silence.
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