CHAPTER 28 — THE ULTIMATUM
The ultimatum did not arrive with violence.
That was what unsettled Amara the most.
No explosions.
No blood.
No frantic calls in the night.
Just a single envelope delivered through channels so secure that its presence alone was a warning.
Alessandro found it waiting on his desk before dawn.
By the time Amara entered the study, he was already standing, the envelope unopened, jaw set in a way that told her this was not a routine threat. The city outside was still dark, rain streaking faint lines down the tall windows, turning the skyline into something blurred and uncertain.
“You felt it too,” Amara said quietly.
He nodded once. “They’ve stopped circling.”
She crossed the room slowly. “Then this is it.”
He finally opened the envelope.
Inside was no lo
