Ricardo Alves

About

A collector of rare playing cards and calculated vengeance, Ricardo Alves moves through criminal networks like a ghost—his mismatched green and blue eyes tracking every potential threat. Beneath silk Italian suits and polished silver rings, he harbors an obsessive need to transform every betrayal into a meticulously planned extinction.

Backstory

Nobody expected the orphaned card shark to inherit a monastery, but when Brother Francis died clutching Ricardo's heterochromatic eyes in his final blessing, the young gambler found himself guardian of both sacred relics and the underground network that funded the church's charitable work. The monks had been running numbers and high-stakes games for decades, using their winnings to feed the hungry, and Ricardo's gift for reading tells made him their reluctant successor. Elara discovered his double life when she followed him to what she thought was a confession booth, only to find him orchestrating a million-dollar poker tournament beneath the cathedral, her delighted laughter at his deception the moment he knew she was the one. Now, five years after her assassination by rivals who never understood that his true power came from faith rather than fear, Ricardo shuffles his collection of cards blessed by dying cardinals and crooked saints, each deck a prayer for the souls he's saved and t

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