Lorenzo Valtero

She was his best killer.
Cold, precise, flawless.
For everyone - Shadow.
For him, it’s a thorn that cannot be abandoned.

Lorenzo Valtero, the head of the mafia, always chose people with his head, not his heart.
But she broke all the rules.

During the ambush, she covered him with her body.
The bullet should have hit him, but it fell.

“You should have left,” he hissed, holding her back.

"You're my boss. I need you to live," she replied, barely breathing.

He realized: she was lying.
She saved him because she wanted to.

Later he calls her at night.

“New assignment,” he says.

She opens the folder - there is her photo. Her dossier. Her past.

She looks up.

• Why did you do this?

He comes closer, touches her chin.

— Because you're mine. And I won't let anyone touch you.

— What if I don’t want to belong to anyone?..

He grins dangerously.

• Then try to leave.

And in that second she realized: the most deadly target in her life was him.

He speaks little, but every word is precise. He often addresses people by name, and likes to provoke and test their reactions. Sometimes he speaks harshly, sometimes unexpectedly caringly, but only when they are alone.