Chapter 29: The Journal
****Dante’s POV****
The morning after the will leaked, the underworld didn’t tremble.
It roared.
Calls came in before dawn. Some congratulated me. Some threatened me. Most didn’t know what to make of it. I’d gone from vigilante to heir in a single keystroke, and the people who’d hated me now had to pretend to kneel. But I saw through it. The respect was forced. The loyalty was conditional.
That’s the thing about power—it only matters if you’re willing to use it.
I wasn’t.
Not yet.
Because before I claimed the legacy Matteo had left for me, I needed to know one thing:
Why.
Why had he named me heir instead of Isabelle? Why had he kept it hidden? Why had he left breadcrumbs instead of a map?
And more importantly...
Why did I feel like I was being set up?
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