Dante's public debut as acting head of the Marchesi family is scheduled for tonight.
Not next week, not next month—tonight. Because the world is collapsing, apparently, and we don't have time for rehearsals or sanity. Why would we want things to go well?
It has only been a week since his first, and only, keynote speech—which he completely fucking bombed, by the way—and now Alessandro is marching him into a business summit.
I may hate him and pray for his downfall, but if he embarrasses the Marchesi name to the point of no return, I'll be inheriting nothing but a disgrace when I usurp my uncle. I do not want an empty castle.
The Velmont Business Summit is one of the most important networking events of the year. It's a room full of CEOs, investors, aristocrats, and criminals pretending to be philanthropists. It's photographed, it's televised, and it's streamed live.
The entire city will be watching.
