Vestigia. Vol. II.

In a modest Italian household, Dino returns home to a cryptic note slipped in by a child, its terse warning hinting at unseen eyes and dangerous secrets. As his mother Sora Catarina fusses over meals and schoolyard worries, Dino wrestles with an inner turmoil that has been building since a night of promises and betrayals, fearing that any contact with the enigmatic Valdez could seal his fate.

The arrival of a messenger from the sea—Maso bearing news of a hurried boat trip to Viareggio—pulls Dino toward a looming journey that may finally test the fragile balance between duty, love, and the shadowy forces tracking him. With his family’s anxieties echoing around him and a looming departure that promises both hope and peril, the first act sets a tense stage where loyalty and survival begin to clash.