Isabella's POV Rico's fate was decided swiftly. The family council met for three days straight, hearing evidence, reviewing recordings, examining every piece of proof Matteo had gathered.The verdict was unanimous: guilty of attempted murder, of conspiracy and of betraying the family.His punishment was severe: all his property seized, his titles stripped, his name removed from the family registry and imprisonment in one of Don's many torture chambers—places I'd heard whispered about but never actually seen."He's lucky he's still alive." Matteo told me after the final verdict. "Father wanted him executed. The council convinced him that permanent exile was worse than death for someone like Rico.""And Valentina?""Still missing but we have people looking. She can't hide forever."Days passed in a strange sort of calm. Matteo was busy with family business, tying up loose ends from Rico's schemes.I stayed at the estate, trying to process everything that had happened.Then Matteo came
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