Ashes Of Desire

<p>Ashes of Desire: The first lesson of Sicily is that nothing ever truly dies. The sun burns the rain washes the generations rise and fall but the earth beneath is eternal. And the earth remembers. </p><p>Look to the east where Mount Etna bleeds fire against the dawn. She is the islands heart: beautiful fertile and utterly ruthless. She is the witness to every oath broken and every sacrifice made. And she is the only true keeper of this tale. </p><p>The villagers say the reckoning began centuries ago but the storm that swept the villa on the headland remains the clearest memory. It was a time when the soil was measured in gold and passion was measured in blood. </p><p>It began with a conflict as old as the sea meeting the stone: the ambition of Marco Bellini whose power sought to bind the island in cold law versus the spirit of Lorenzo Vitale whose love was as wild and unpredictable as the wind off the cliffs. </p>