“Some fathers leave behind fortunes.Mine left behind a confession.”⸻The room became impossibly still.Outside the tall windows, dawn painted the sky in shades of pale gold, but inside Vittorio De Luca’s private study, the air felt heavy enough to suffocate.Alessio stared at the letter in his hands.The familiar handwriting belonged to the man he had admired his entire life.The man who had taught him that mercy was expensive…And trust…Fatal.His fingers tightened around the worn paper before he forced himself to continue reading.⸻“Alessio,”“If these words have found you, then I have already failed.”“I prayed you would never have to open this letter.”“Because the day you do…””…will be the day history begins repeating itself.”⸻A long silence filled the office.Matteo and Lorenzo stood several feet away, neither daring to interrupt.Alessio continued.⸻“You have spent your entire life believing that I defeated Adrian Moretti.”“I did not.”“Neither of us won.”“We both los
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