The train to Prague cut through mist and shadow like a knife. Steel wheels on ancient rails, frost creeping up the windows, and Camilla’s reflection caught in the glass—eyes that hadn’t slept in days, a jaw clenched with the weight of choices. She had the Omega file in her coat pocket. A name on a page. But to her, it was more than that. Vincenzo Callas. Her mother’s cousin. Her father’s rival. A man who had once lit a fire beneath her family’s empire, only to vanish into the smog of scandal, prison, and presumed death. And now, he was alive. Under Valentin’s banner. The compartment door slid open. Marco stepped in, shaking off the cold. He hadn’t wanted her to come alone. But she had insisted. “You know if we find him,” Marco said, folding his arms, “this won’t be a negotiation.” Camilla looked out the window. “I’m not here to make peace.” He sat beside her, voice low. “You ever ask your mother about him?” “She said he was brilliant. Ambitious. But broken in ways none of
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