CLAIMED BY THE MAFIA KING
Episode 1: Last Delivery
Aria was already running late.
She checked the slip under a streetlight. Moretti Tower. Fourteenth floor. Package had to be there by eleven.
Cora Davies
girl where are you it's nearly 11Cora —
girl where are you it's nearly 11
Aria Collins
working. moretti tower. last one tonight
Cora Davies
that glass building on 53rd??
Cora Davies
Aria that place gives me the creeps every time i walk past it
Aria Collins
you walk past it to get to the nail salon
Cora Davies
and i walk FAST when i do
Aria Collins
it's a building. twenty minutes. go watch your show
Cora Davies
which show i've been texting you about three
Aria Collins
Goodnight cora
Cora Davies
WAIT. text me when you're inside and when you're leaving. both times. i mean it
Aria Collins
i'm not going to die delivering a package
Cora Davies
that's exactly what someone says right before something happens to them
Cora Davies
BOTH TEXTS ARIA
She crossed the street and the doorman buzzed her through without looking up.
The lobby swallowed the street noise the moment the door shut behind her.
Black marble. Low gold lighting. Ceilings too high.
Her trainers squeaked once on the floor and embarrassed her for no reason she could explain.
She found the lifts. Pressed fourteen.
Aria Collins
inside. lobby looks like a museum
Cora Davies
SEE. i told you something was off about that place
Signal dropped before she could reply.
She watched the bars disappear one by one.
The lift passed fourteen without stopping.
She pressed the button again. Nothing. The lift climbed one more floor on its own and stopped. At fifteen
Aria stood there, finger still on the button, looking out at a corridor that was darker than the lobby and quieter than it had any right to be. Dark walls. Dark carpet. Gold sconces turned so low they were more shadow than light.
No desk. No signage. No sound.
She should have gone straight back down.
There was a door at the far end. Half open.
Warm light cutting across the dark floor.
Dante Moretti
*"You stole from me."*
Her brain said go back to the lift.
Aria's feet stopped. Her brain said go back to the lift.
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