This Chapter Contains Triggering Event, Please Skip If You’re Not Comfortable.
The Virelli estate was cloaked in pre-dawn darkness as the inner circle gathered in the courtyard. Armored vehicles idled with low growls, their headlights cutting through the mist. Every available soldier had been mobilized. This was not another cautious raid. This was total war.
Elena stood on the wide stone steps, wrapped in a silk robe, her face pale and drawn. She had barely slept since the ultrasound video arrived. The weight of her long-buried secret pressed on her chest like a stone. As Romano and their sons prepared to leave, she stepped forward, voice trembling.
“I need to tell you something important,” she began, looking from Romano to Luca, then to Dante and Matteo. Her hands twisted together. Th
