Chapter 6

Isabella issued my death announcement while Roman was still on his knees in the church ruins.

Luca handed me the report. The black-and-white photograph had been taken at a film premiere three years earlier. I wore a white gown and smiled for the cameras with the expression I had perfected over a lifetime.

VIVIAN MORETTI VOSS DIED IN A CHRISTMAS EVE TRAGEDY.

Tragedy.

They used a graceful word to cover an attempted murder.

"Do you want it removed?" Luca asked from the seat across from me. "Moretti can stop every outlet within ten minutes."

The car climbed north. Christmas lights…