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Chapter 67

Author: Samantha Ely
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Bella

We had to call my father in. It was the only way. The moment the war room confirmed someone inside the estate had attempted to access encrypted data from the relay hub, I knew this was bigger than all of us. We needed every piece of the puzzle on the table—even the ones that were cracked, worn, or blood-stained.

Antonio Romano arrived twenty minutes after the call. He walked into the house like a man who still didn’t know whether he belonged here. I watched him as he entered the war room and took the empty seat to my left, shoulders tight, jaw harder than I’d seen in years.

He said nothing at first. Now, as the silence stretched, his hands trembled slightly as they rested against his chin. His eyes didn’t meet mine. They stayed locked on the floor plan spread across the table, on the red-circled guest room that had housed the device.

“I never thought I’d see the day someone would dare spy inside your house,” he finally said, voice low, broken in a way he tried to hide.

“You thin
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    AristideI sat in the dark corner of the study for hours, elbows on my knees, fingers laced tight as if prayer would do me any good now. I replayed the argument again and again. Bella’s face when I said it, how her mouth parted, eyes glossy but refusing to fall apart in front of me. Not in front of anyone.God, I’d seen her break before—quietly, when it was just us—but this was different. She didn’t cry. She froze. Like I’d become the very thing she’d spent her life fighting against. Like I was no better than the people who used her, dismissed her, treated her like a pawn instead of the strongest woman I know."Maybe you don’t love me—you just love the power I gave you." What the hell was I thinking?I knew it wasn’t true the second the words left my mouth. It wasn’t even about her. It was about the fear crawling under my skin since the bombing, the guilt I carry for Enzo, for the baby, for dragging her into all of this. She wanted to offer herself up to her mother and sister—bait in

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    BellaWe had to call my father in. It was the only way. The moment the war room confirmed someone inside the estate had attempted to access encrypted data from the relay hub, I knew this was bigger than all of us. We needed every piece of the puzzle on the table—even the ones that were cracked, worn, or blood-stained.Antonio Romano arrived twenty minutes after the call. He walked into the house like a man who still didn’t know whether he belonged here. I watched him as he entered the war room and took the empty seat to my left, shoulders tight, jaw harder than I’d seen in years.He said nothing at first. Now, as the silence stretched, his hands trembled slightly as they rested against his chin. His eyes didn’t meet mine. They stayed locked on the floor plan spread across the table, on the red-circled guest room that had housed the device.“I never thought I’d see the day someone would dare spy inside your house,” he finally said, voice low, broken in a way he tried to hide.“You thin

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    AristideThe air inside the war room felt heavier than usual.Elena leaned over the central table, fingers flying across the screen as she pulled the latest surveillance clusters. Enzo, despite the doctor’s protests, stood with a wrapped ribcage and a fire in his eyes. Marco hovered in the corner, working with my father to re-route secondary guard paths on the north perimeter.It should’ve been enough.But I couldn’t shake the itch under my skin... that creeping sense that something was still coming.We were getting close.I could feel it. Cipher’s hands were tightening. The pattern of strikes, the way the relay hub had been breached, the failed bombing—all of it was building toward something final. They were losing ground, so they were getting desperate.And desperate enemies always drew blood.My phone buzzed.Unknown number.I narrowed my eyes but answered anyway. “This is Moretti.”A beat of silence. Then a shaky voice: “It’s Rosa.”I straightened. “How did you get this number?”“

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