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Chapter 97: The Iron Matriarch
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2026-09-13 16:00:37POV: Valentina
The gates of the Ricci estate in Siena swung open with a slow, heavy groan of iron. Rain had begun to slick the gravel drive, reflecting the amber floodlights that cast long, predatory shadows across the stone courtyard.I left the car at the fountain and walked up the marble steps, my damp coat heavy around my shoulders. Inside, the grand foyer was dead quiet. No panicked guards. No shouting lieutenants. The quiet was worse than chaos—it felt engineered.S
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The Don's Secret Heir Chapter 103: The Calculation
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The Don's Secret Heir Chapter 102: The Departure
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The Don's Secret Heir Chapter 101: Broken Glass and Blackouts
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The Don's Secret Heir Chapter 100: The Tannery
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The Don's Secret Heir Chapter 99: The Edge of the Blade
POV: Valentina"I accept," I said.My voice sounded small in the high-ceilinged study. I wiped my face with my coat sleeve, trying to clean myself up before looking at her again. Carmela didn't move. She pulled a dark leather folder out of her desk drawer and slid it across the wood toward me."Sign on the third page," she said. "My lawyers will handle the bank accounts while you're on your way to Grosseto."My hand shook so badly I could barely hold the pen. The metal felt ice-cold in my grip. I didn't bother reading through the pages about Zurich or the residency papers for Argentina. I just flipped straight to the third page, pressed the tip down, and signed my name on the dotted line. The scratching of the nib against paper was the only sound in the room.Carmela took the folder back, inspected the signature for a second, closed it, and tapped a button on her desk phone. "Send him in."The heavy wooden doors opened, and a tall, broad-shouldered man
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