"I don't know," Voss replied. "Why don't you tell me?"
A faint murmur from outside drifted through the broken entrance, but neither of them paid it any mind now.
The room had narrowed. Just the two of them.
"According to them," Voss continued, gesturing vaguely toward the street where the crowd lingered, "people seem to be dying and disappearing around her." He paused just long enough for the weight of that statement to settle. "And that was around the time you came into the picture."
Marco's posture stiffened ever so slightly at that, though he didn't interrupt. Luca didn't react at all.
"So maybe you can clarify a few things for me, Mr Genovese."
The challenge was clear now.
"Ask away," Luca said.
"Let's start simple," Voss said. "You walk into a woman's life, and suddenly bodies start dropping. You expect me to believe that's coincidence?"
"I expect you to believe what you can prove," Luca replied smoothly.
