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And that’s when I realize—

This wasn’t just betrayal.

This was treason.

And in that moment, the weight of it steels my spine. I know exactly what has to happen next. No more shadows. No more secrets.

And someone is still keeping it alive.

I close the box, jaw locked.

Now I know what we’re dealing with.

The question is—who else knows?

Because if they think they buried the truth…

They have another thing coming.

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The Traitor Inside

My heart pounds with every step—raw, aching, furious.

The box is gone.

I wake up Daniel and tell him to stay put.

I am dressed and out the door, with guards following me towards the war room.

I don’t knock when I reach the door. I don’t have to.

I throw it open, and Luca’s already halfway out of his chair, his eyes narrowing the second he sees my face.

“Guiliana?”

Then I see it sitting on his desk, its contents spread out like a crime scene—ledgers, notes, snapshots of betrayal in black and white.

He’s going through it with Turk putting it in chronological order.

“We need to talk. Now.”

His jaw tightens. He sees it in my eyes—this isn’t about fear anymore. It’s about the truth.

"Everyone out," he says, voice cold steel.

No one questions him. The room empties in under ten seconds, the door clicking shut behind the last man. Then it’s just us.

“I think Vittorio knew what was coming,” I whisper. “I think he was keeping this as leverage. And he made me his failsafe.”

Luca leans back, one hand dragging down his face.

Then he says it.

“Someone inside the family killed my brother. And this—” he gestures to the box, is the evidence.”

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