Diagnosed with terminal liver cancer, Elena Moretti asks her husband, Ravenport mafia king Dante De Luca, to end their political marriage after his ninety-ninth public betrayal. She wants no share of his empire— only five final farewells before she disappears. Dante dismisses every warning as manipulation until Elena misses their final signing, her family publicly announces her death, and the last encrypted paintings of the mysterious artist Vesper reveal a red rosary knot, a bullet scar and port coordinates known only to the woman who saved him during a family ambush.
