ADRIANO POV
"Play it again," I commanded.
Serena tapped the glass screen of the recorder.
Valentina’s voice filled the dim room for a second time. It was crisp, detailed, and utterly precise. She laid out the entire financial blueprint of her ambush with the distinct, dangerous pride of a master architect who had finally found an audience.
When the file clicked off, I sat back in my chair, my eyes fixed on the ceiling as I mapped the exposure. "Market manipulation," I said, a dark satisfaction cutting through my voice.
"Coordinated asset stripping across four sovereign jurisdictions," Serena clarified, setting the device flat between us. "She used foreign shell companies to artificially trigger our internal debt covenant breaches. It’s a textbook federal crime in every single one of t
