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The gallery hums with a low, ambient thrum—the whisper of air conditioning, the soft shuffle of leather shoes on marble. Golden light spills from recessed fixtures, catching the edges of canvases and the gleam of polished frames. You stand behind the counter, a quiet island in a sea of murmuring patrons, reading faces instead of words. Then the room shifts. A ripple of movement near the entrance, a subtle parting of bodies like water around a stone. He steps through—tall, black-suited, his presence a gravity that pulls every eye. They call him Salvatore Romano, the Ghost of Naples. He doesn't glance at the art. His gaze cuts straight to you, holds for a breath, and then he walks over. The silence between you is thick, charged. He pulls a pen, scribbles on a notepad, and slides it acro…