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THE MORETTI PROTOCOL
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2026-08-27
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In the ruthless underworld of the Moretti Syndicate, love is a fatal weakness. Alessia Moretti is the newly crowned "Iron Queen" of a criminal empire. Surrounded by traitors, she slips away under a false identity to a luxury lounge—the only place she can breathe. Valerie Cruz is the underworld’s deadliest phantom assassin. Hired by rivals to eliminate the Queen, Valerie tracks her target to the lounge. Operating under an alias, Valerie intends to study her mark but ends up sharing a drink with the captivating stranger instead. What starts as a lethal game spirals out of control. For weeks, Valerie tracks "The Moretti Queen" by day while falling hopelessly in love with the witty woman from the lounge by night. Alessia, equally captivated, finds solace in the only person who treats her like a human. Neither realizes they are falling for their mortal enemy. The illusion shatters during a brutal midnight ambush. As Valerie moves in for the kill, a desperate hand-to-hand struggle unmasks them both. The devastating truth crashes down: Valerie’s target is the woman she loves, and Alessia's lover is her executioner. Before the betrayal settles, a rival hit squad opens fire, trapping them both. Wounded and entirely cut off, the duo is forced into a fragile alliance. Holed up in a remote safehouse, they must navigate explosive emotional fallout, raw vulnerability, and the realization that their love is the only real thing left. To survive, the Queen and the Assassin must learn to trust each other completely. By combining Alessia's brilliant tactical mind with Valerie's lethal execution, they will dismantle the syndicate's old order, eliminate the traitorous underboss Maddie Ferro, and rewrite their own destiny as equals.
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PROLOGUE
The rain in the city never washed anything clean; it just made the blood slicker on the asphalt.
Valerie Cruz adjusted the collar of her leather jacket, her eyes scanning the crowd inside The Obsidian Room. The high-end, neutral-ground lounge catering to the city’s elite was a fortress of tinted glass and velvet ropes. Tonight, it was also a hunting ground. Valerie was there for a ghost. She had just taken a massive, anonymous contract to eliminate Alessia Moretti, the fierce young queen who had recently inherited the Moretti Syndicate. But Alessia was a phantom; she never allowed her face to be photographed, used body doubles in public, and hid behind a wall of security. Valerie’s handler had only been able to provide a vague description: Dark hair, devastatingly beautiful, guarded by a ring of suits. Near the VIP section, Valerie spotted her target. A stunning brunette surrounded by four stone-faced bodyguards in identical tailored suits. Perfect. Valerie anchored her eyes on the woman, planning to shadow her movements and study her security patterns. Exhausted by the heavy surveillance of her own mission, Valerie decided to blend into the background first. She ordered a bourbon and slid into a dimly lit, secluded corner booth near the back of the lounge to keep watch. A minute later, a shadow fell over her table. "Is this seat taken?" a voice asked. Valerie looked up, her predator's instincts instantly locking on. The woman standing before her was breathtaking. She wore a deep emerald velvet gown that looked like liquid shadow, her dark hair falling in perfect waves around a face that belonged in a classical painting. But it was her eyes that caught Valerie off guard—they were sharp, calculating, and carried the heavy weight of someone who ruled a world. She was entirely alone. No bodyguards. No entourage. Just a stunning woman looking for a place to hide from the noise. "It's all yours," Valerie said, letting a lazy, practiced smile cross her face. She assumed this woman was just a wealthy socialite, a beautiful distraction from the gritty work of tracking the Moretti Queen across the room. The woman slid into the booth opposite Valerie and let out a soft, barely audible sigh of relief. "Thank you. The crowd out there is... suffocating tonight." "Too many people trying to be someone they aren't?" Valerie guessed smoothly, leaning forward. The stranger chuckled, a low, rich sound that sent a strange, unexpected jolt down Valerie's spine. "Exactly. Everyone is wearing a mask. It gets exhausting." She extended a hand, her fingers slim but holding an unmistakable strength. "I'm Alia." "Val," Valerie replied, wrapping her hand around the stranger's. As their hands met, the muffled thud of the bass and the chatter of the lounge seemed to fade into nothingness. Valerie’s mind, usually a hyper-vigilant calculator of exit routes and kill strikes, went entirely quiet. Alessia—operating under her alias 'Alia' to escape her heavy crown for just one night—looked into Valerie's intense, guarded eyes. She saw a dangerous, intriguing woman who didn't look at her with fear, greed, or ambition. For the first time in her life, Alessia felt seen as a human being, not a target or a monarch. Across the room, the actual bodyguards Alessia had ditched were frantically searching the VIP section, completely missing their Queen sitting in the shadows with the underworld's deadliest assassin. Neither Valerie nor Alessia realized they were looking directly at their mortal enemy. Destiny had just pulled the trigger, and the countdown to a beautiful, catastrophic collision had officially begun.Bab terbaru
THE MORETTI PROTOCOL Chapter 7
The peace they had carved out of the ashes of Maddie Ferro's betrayal was fragile, and Valerie knew it.It was a crisp autumn evening, and the upper terrace of the Moretti Estate overlooked a city that now quieted at Alessia’s command. Valerie leaned against the stone balustrade, a cigarette burning unlit between her fingers. She was wearing a tailored suit tonight—a concession to Alessia’s world—but the weight of a ceramic blade was still tucked discreetly against her ribs.Behind her, the heavy glass doors slid open. Alessia stepped onto the terrace, the tension that usually held her shoulders rigid melting away the moment she saw Valerie. She had traded her stark boardroom blazers for a soft, silk cream blouse that caught the moonlight."The Northern captains have officially signed the new distribution terms," Alessia said, walking over to lean against the rail beside Valerie. Her hand automatically slid across the cold stone, her fingers brushing against Valerie's. "No arguments.
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The blood had long been scrubbed from the marble floors of the Moretti Estate, but the scent of ozone and copper still lingered in Alessia’s mind.It was three in the morning, and the grand office was entirely dark save for the amber glow of the city skyline cutting through the floor-to-ceiling windows. Alessia sat at her mahogany desk, her fingers tightly rubbing her temples. Spread across the desk were financial ledgers, logistics reports, and the asset sheets of the Ferro family, which she had systematically absorbed over the last forty-eight hours.Maddie Ferro was dead, but the vacuum her betrayal left behind was chaotic.A soft click echoed in the silence of the room. Alessia didn't look up, nor did her hand reach for the pistol resting on her blotter. She knew that specific, entirely soundless stride.Valerie stepped out from the shadows near the balcony door, shedding her heavy leather jacket and tossing it onto a leather armchair. She wore a simple black tank top, her arms be
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The underground catacombs beneath the city hummed with the distant, heavy thrum of the harbor. For two days, the tunnels had been their kingdom. In the damp dark of a secondary sewer vault, Valerie had redressed Alessia’s wounds, shared cold rations, and quietly mapped out a war. Now, the time for hiding was over. The grand ballroom of the Moretti Estate was bathed in blinding crystal light, but the atmosphere inside was suffocating. Every underboss, captain, and soldier of the family was present. Standing at the elevated dais where the Moretti throne sat was Maddie Ferro, Alessia’s trusted underboss. She raised a crystal glass; a smug, victorious smile stretched across her face. "To a new era," Maddie projected, her voice echoing off the gilded walls. "The Iron Queen is dead. The Moretti Syndicate will no longer bow to a girl who inherited a name. Tonight, we solidify our alliance with the rival families and take what is rightfully ours!" The crowd cheered, raising their glasses
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The crimson glow of the terminal pulsed against the walls, counting down the seconds they had left before the perimeter was breached."They found the car," Valerie said, her voice dropping into her default, icy tactical cadence. She stood up, leaving the vulnerability of the floor behind, and moved toward the hidden armory wall. She slapped her palm against a biometric scanner, and a hidden panel slid open, revealing racks of black-market rifles, tactical gear, and neatly stacked magazines. "The tracker must have had a hidden secondary relay. We have maybe three minutes."Alessia braced her good arm against the table, forcing herself to stand. The fresh stitches in her shoulder throbbed with a white-hot intensity, but her eyes were entirely clear. The vulnerable woman from the safehouse floor was gone. The Iron Queen was back."They won't just bring a standard hit squad," Alessia said, walking over to the armory rack with a steady, commanding stride. She looked at the weapons, her eye
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