The mafia’s captive
Valeria’s footsteps echoed from deeper within the passage, closer, slower, dragging like a shadow of her former self.
Bain’s team prepared for the inevitable. The fractured queen would face the brothers’ final judgment.
When Valeria emerged, her eyes locked on Marissa, then on Elias, then finally on Bain. Her voice was a whisper and a scream all at once.
“You think this ends with me?”
“No,” Bain said coldly. “It ends with you.”
The final moments stretched—pain, rage, and something almost like sorrow in Valeria’s gaze. The shattered empire collapsed, not with a roar, but a broken sigh.
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