Rafael worked around the clock for the next seventy-two hours, dismantling Isabelle's network piece by piece. Every contact Marcus revealed, every safe house location, every communication channel, all of it catalogued, investigated, and neutralized.But something bothered Elena. A feeling she couldn't shake, like watching shadows move in her peripheral vision but seeing nothing when she turned to look directly."Marcus is telling the truth," Rafael reported during a family meeting. "Everything he's given us checks out. We've arrested four of Isabelle's contacts in New York. Seized communications equipment. Frozen three more shell company accounts. Her network is crumbling.""Too easily," Elena said. Everyone looked at her. "It's crumbling too easily. Isabelle's smart. Manipulative. She wouldn't build a network this fragile. She'd have contingencies, backup plans.""Maybe you're underestimating how much damage Marcus's betrayal did," Lorenzo suggested. "He was her primary asset outside
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