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Chapter 112

Author: DGorgeous1
last update Last Updated: 2025-07-03 12:34:59

Gabe Vale Sr. leaned forward in the low lamplight of his ancestral villa near Palermo, Seraphina’s stepfather by marriage but no stranger to the darker side of family ties.

The velvet-lined study was heavy with silence, broken only by his deliberate breath.

Across the desk lay encrypted files, bank statements, and a photograph that stilled his blood: a tender portrait of Lucio Marchesi—asleep in his mother’s arms—etched by soft dawn light.

Gabe Sr.’s pale fingers traced the child’s rounded cheek. That boy is Marchesi blood—and Vale blood. Sera still carries the Vale name.

He exhaled slowly. Lucien has gone clean. He abandoned his shadow empire, handed over assets, restructured offshore holdings.

Excellent. Now his legal empire was vulnerable. With a slight, satisfied smile, Gabe Sr. pressed a hidden button to activate a burner. Move quietly. Every front.

Days later, in his Palermo estate, Gabe Sr. convened with trusted lieutenants beneath portraits of Vale ancestors. The air smelt of
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