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Chapter 64
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2025-06-12 00:01:13The call came at 3:37 a.m.
Anton’s voice was calm, but the static behind it carried weight.
“One of the convoys didn’t make it through the Split checkpoint. Croatian customs found the trucks. Empty. Barrels smashed.”
Lucien stood barefoot in his private command room, dark hair tousled, a robe thrown loosely over his shoulders. The stone floor was cold beneath his feet, but his eyes were colder.
“Casualties?”
“Two drivers unaccounted for. One operative dead. They left the seal intact but siphoned the payload.”
Lucien ran a hand through his hair, then opened the drawer beside the encrypted terminal.
Inside: a black ledger bound in dark leather.
Giorgio’s original defense protocols.
He flipped to the third tab, marked only with the symbol of a wolf's head.
Beneath it:
Operation Fenice.The Marchesi vineyards had long been more than just agricultural em
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