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The Saint of Sicily
  1. 1. The Blood on the Cobblestones
  2. 2. The Scalpel and the Gun
  3. 3. The Blood Oath of Il Capo
  4. 4. Fortress of Castellammare 🔒
  5. 5. The Anatomy of a Don 🔒
  6. 6. Shadows over Monreale 🔒
  7. 7. The Raven's Mark 🔒
  8. 8. Sins in the Salt Air 🔒
  9. 9. The Palermo Underworld 🔒
  10. 10. Wine and Gunpowder 🔒
  11. 11. The Catacombs of the Capuchins 🔒
  12. 12. Fire in the Crypt 🔒
  13. 13. Starlight over the Gulf 🔒
  14. 14. The Judge's Ledger 🔒
  15. 15. The Ball at Palazzo Gangi 🔒
  16. 16. Poison in the Goblet 🔒
  17. 17. The Traitor's Reckoning 🔒
  18. 18. The Sicilian Tempest 🔒
  19. 19. The Siege of Castellammare 🔒
  20. 20. Carnal Refuge in the Storm 🔒
  21. 21. Counterstrike at Dawn 🔒
  22. 22. The Madonie Mountains 🔒
  23. 23. Infiltration of the Villa d'Oro 🔒
  24. 24. Blood on the Marble 🔒
  25. 25. The Trial of the Don 🔒
  26. 26. Vengeance Fulfilled 🔒
  27. 27. Sacred Vows in the Olive Grove 🔒
  28. 28. Crown of the Bellini 🔒
  29. 29. Cleansing the Bloodline 🔒
  30. 30. Rebirth in Palermo 🔒
  31. 31. The Proposal in Cefalù 🔒
  32. 32. The Cathedral of Monreale 🔒
  33. 33. Velvet and Sea Salt 🔒
  34. 34. The Saint's Clinic 🔒
  35. 35. The Dynasty of the Dove and the Raven 🔒

Chapter 23

Infiltration of the Villa d'Oro

The Saint of Sicily · Matteo DeLuca · 6 min read

The vertical ascent through the mountain mist was a grueling, heart-pounding test of physical strength and tactical discipline. Seventy feet above the rocky gorge, the ancient Norman cistern portal yawned out of the sheer limestone cliff like a dark, jagged wound in the mountain. The mist swirled around them in damp, cold eddies, smelling of wet moss and sulfur, but the high-tensile titanium climbing lines held firm against the rock…

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