Rescue Mission

Ivan's Pov The address The Veil had sent connected to a private facility in the northern district. The kind of building that had changed hands multiple times across twenty years without ever settling into a single legitimate use. Rem had the layout within thirty minutes of the message arriving. Sourced through Ghost's access to the building registry. Cross-referenced against the structural plans filed when the facility last changed hands seven years ago. "Three floors. The sub-level is the most likely holding position. Single access point at the rear of the building." "Guards." "The Veil does not use large visible security. They use small precise teams. Four at most for a holding operation. Possibly fewer." "They are not expecting us tonight. They sent the message believing Elena was in custody. They are waiting for Ace to respond."

Brother

Ace's Pov Elena lost consciousness three minutes after telling me. Rem confirmed her breathing was stable. The rib injury was manageable. The pregnancy was not in immediate danger. Every piece of information that mattered in the moment. None of it touched the thing she had said before she went under. Our mother had another child. A boy. Taken from her. I sat beside her while Rem worked. Ghost held her hand with the specific grip of someone who had decided they were not moving. Regardless of what anyone else needed from the space. I thought about the word taken. "By The Veil." Nikolai spoke from behind me. He had been standing at the edge of the room since we came back in. "That is the implication." "Yes." "A child taken at birth. Raised inside their structure." "Given the timeline, he would be between me and Elena in a

Luca

Nikolai's PovWe put him in the secure room with his hands free. That was a decision I made, Ivan accepted it. Ace had already made it before either of us weighed in on it.The hands-free decision was based on the same logic Ace had applied at the bottom of the stairwell. Someone who came to be seen rather than to move unseen was communicating something about their intent. We acknowledged the communication without trusting it entirely.He sat across the table from me. Ivan sat to my left. Ace sat directly across from him. The room had the specific weight of a conversation that was going to determine several things at once."Luca." He said it when Ace asked his name. No hesitation. No performance around it."That is the name The Veil gave you.""Yes. I do not have another one.""How long have you been operational for them."He looked at me with the eyes that were Ace's eyes in a colder face. "Since I was fifteen. The Veil does not believe in wasting the developmental window.""They tra

Neither

Ace's PovI looked at my brother across the table. I thought about eleven years and a function instead of a mother. The specific way he had said that the number had become a less useful measure than I thought it was."No."Luca held my look. "You understand what refusing costs.""Yes. I understand it completely.""The Veil continues the active campaign. Elena remains a target. The pregnancy complicates every extraction and protective measure you attempt. The child becomes a variable in their calculation within four months.""Yes. I know all of that.""You are still refusing.""Yes."He looked at the table and then back at me. "Why.""Because you are asking me to kill my sister to protect the person who raised you as a function instead of a child. I am not going to do that. I am not going to do it for eleven years of inside access. I am not going to do it for anything The Veil could offer me. I am not going to do it because you have convinced me logically that it solves the problem.""

All Chapters of THE MAFIA'S BLOODY POSSESSION: Chapter 201 - Chapter 204

Rescue Mission

Brother

Luca

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