Prologue

The night air crackled with tension as sirens wailed in the distance. Rain poured from the sky, washing away the blood that pooled on the cracked pavement of a dimly lit alleyway in downtown Chicago.

Luca Moretti, the most feared man in the city, lay sprawled on the ground, his expensive suit soaked through with rain and blood. His breath came in ragged gasps, each one a battle against the encroaching darkness threatening to claim him.

"Boss!"

A voice called out, panic evident in its tone. Luca's right-hand man, Marco, knelt beside him, pressing his hands against the bullet wounds in Luca's chest.

"Hold on, we're getting you help."

Luca's eyes, usually sharp and calculating, were clouded with pain. He could feel his life slipping away with each passing second. In that moment, flashes of his life played before him - the violence, the power, and the loneliness.

As consciousness faded, a strange sense of peace washed over him. Perhaps this was the price he'd always known he'd have to pay for the life he'd chosen to live. In his final moments, Luca wished for something he'd never allowed himself to want before: a chance at redemption.

Miles away, in the emergency room of St. Mary's Hospital, Dr. Valentina Rossi rushed from one patient to another, her skilled hands working tirelessly to save lives. She was in her element here, surrounded by the chaos of the ER, driven by her unwavering commitment to healing.

Little did she know that in mere minutes, her world would collide with Luca Moretti's, setting in motion a chain of events that would challenge everything she believed in and awaken desires she never knew existed.

As the doors of the ER burst open, bringing with them the bleeding body of the city's most notorious criminal, fate prepared to deal its hand. The lives of the surgeon and the mafia don were about to intertwine in ways neither could have imagined, forever altering the course of their destinies.

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