CHAPTER 30
THE BETRAYAL The trap was sprung on a perfect autumn afternoon. Dante had been planning the retaliation against Benedetti for weeks, gathering intelligence, positioning assets, waiting for the perfect moment to strike. The plan was elegant in its simplicity: lure Benedetti into a meeting under the pretense of a truce, then eliminate him and his top lieutenants in one decisive blow. The location was a warehouse in Queens, neutral territory, the meeting supposedly brokered by a mutual ally. Dante took a small team—Luca, Marco, and four trusted soldiers. Bella wanted to come, but Dante refused, insisting she stay at the estate where it was safe. "I'll be back by dinner," he promised, kissing her at the front door. "And when I return, this war will be over." "Be careful," she said, her s
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