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The Ghost Who Bled

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Chapter Fifty-Nine

The grainy feed on the monitor trembled slightly with static, but the image was unmistakable.

Antonio Costa.

Younger than Alex remembered from the few photos he’d ever seen, but unmistakably him—the same chiseled cheekbones, olive skin, and piercing grey eyes that mirrored Sophia’s in a way that made Alex’s stomach twist.

Alive.

And standing beside the man Alex had once called brother.

“Impossible,” Dominic muttered, leaning in toward the screen. “He was confirmed dead. Bullet to the chest. No body recovered, but the Costas confirmed it with their own seal.”

“Then someone lied,” Alex said coldly. “And they lied for a reason.”

Dominic shifted beside him. “He’s not just alive. He’s working with Diego.”

Alex clenched his jaw, his mind already calculating a dozen moves ahead, but none of them prepared him for what he was seeing. Antonio’s presence shattered every assumption he’d built his strategy on. Sophia had spoken so little of her brother, always with hesitation, w
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