Chapter 4 - Shadows of Treachery
Outside the estate, the night air was thick with tension.
Valeria Conti sat in the back of her armored limousine, seething with humiliation.
Her phone buzzed in the darkness, lighting up her perfectly manicured hand.
The caller ID displayed a blocked number, but she knew exactly who it was.
"Lorenzo made a grave mistake tonight," Don Marchesi's raspy voice echoed through the speaker.
"He humiliated you to protect a ghost of the Moretti cartel."
Valeria’s eyes narrowed into slits of pure hatred.
"I want that maid destroyed," she snarled into the receiver.
"And I want Lorenzo to watch her bleed."
Marchesi chuckled, a dry, rattling sound like dead leaves.
"We want the same thing, my dear Valeria."
The child is the real threat, as she holds a legitimate claim to half the city's territories.
If Lorenzo plans to use the girl to expand his power, we must strike first.
Valeria smiled, her red lips curving into a wicked sneer.
"I have guards inside Palazzo Castiglione who are loyal to my family," she revealed.
"Give the word, and I will have the gates opened from the inside."
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The alliance was forged in the shadows of jealousy and greed.
They had no idea what kind of monster they were about to awaken in Lorenzo.
