Bruno received the message just before sunrise.Lorenzo lost the girl.She is missing.The city is being searched.For a long moment, Bruno only stared at the screen of his phone.Then—He laughed.It was low at first, barely a sound, like air escaping his lungs after years of pressure. Then it grew, dark and slow, filling the empty room of his study. His shoulders loosened. His jaw unclenched. For the first time since Lidia had been dragged out of his world, something close to relief slid into his chest.“She did it,” he murmured.The image of her—tied, broken, silent—had haunted him for nights. He had imagined her crying. Begging. Dying.But now?Now she had vanished from Lorenzo’s grip.A satisfied smile curved his lips, sharp and dangerous.“Smart girl,” he said softly. “You didn’t wait for rescue.”He rose from his chair and went to the window. Outside, the compound was waking. Cars hummed. Guards shifted positions. The city beyond the walls still slept, unaware that two empires
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