Chapter 6

Seven Years in Hell: Escaping the Don Chapter 06 

Under the harsh fluorescent lights, Domenico went rigid. 

An absurd shudder crawled up his spine. He forced the corners of his mouth into a scoff. “Grandfather, this isn’t funny. She was in the flooded cell for twelve hours. There’s no way…” 

“Twelve hours. In near–freezing water. With an unhealed gunshot wound she took for you.” Vincenzo’s cane slammed heavily against the tile floor. “You were the one who gave Elena the Don’s gold signet ring! She ordered the cell sealed tight. Isabelle drowned alive in that ice water!” 

An invisible vise clamped around Domenico’s chest. Tasting copper, he threw himself at the stainless steel autopsy table and violently ripped open the black body bag. 

Pale light spilled over her. 

The body was bloated and tinged blue from the water, her features distorted beyond recognition. But the freshly sutured collarbone–shattered by a bullet–was an undeniable curse that