Chapter 147

Lucretia's body felt heavy, as though the weight of her fear was pinning her to the floor. Even after the man left with a promise to keep in touch, her mind kept racing with dark thoughts. The man's menacing words were clear: She was going to be a pawn in a much larger and dangerous game, one she never dreamed of getting involved in.

And her son...

She couldn't shake off the feeling that she had put him in danger. After hiding him for years, afraid he would be taken away from her, they finally found him. The video was a message, a warning that they had him in their crosshairs, and If she failed to do as asked, she was going to lose him.

"Fuck, no!" She cried out and buried her face on her huddled knees.

He was her world, her reason for being and she had to find a way to shield him the best way she could. She had to do something. Immediately, she fetched her phone and dialed her aunt, Silvana's number. She was the only relative she kept in touch with over the years.

"Where is Rio, I.