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CHAPTER 474
The following morning arrived without ceremony. The sun rose over northern Mexico, casting long golden streaks across the desert. It was a beautiful morning. A cruelly beautiful one. Because by sunset, someone would either be reunited with their family... Or buried. Thiago Andreas had not slept. Neither had Raphael nor Emiliano. The Andreas estate had been awake all night, transforming itself into something less like a family home and more like a military command center. Satellite images covered one wall, weapons were laid out across another table. Bulletproof SUVs waited outside, engines already running. Every trusted man Thiago had ever relied upon stood ready, no one smiled. No one joked, they all understood the assignment. Bring Juliana home, no matter the cost. Raphael adjusted the magazine of his pistol before sliding it into the holster beneath his jacket. His movements were calm. Too calm. Emiliano noticed. "You've been quiet." Raphael loo
CHAPTER 473
Don Marcelo did not move. Long after the call had ended, he remained standing before the floor-to-ceiling window of his office, one hand tucked into his pocket while the other rested against the cold glass. Outside, his estate stretched for acres. Floodlights illuminated the winding roads. Armed guards patrolled every entrance. Watchtowers stood like silent sentinels against the night. It was a fortress. A fortress he had spent decades building. A fortress no one had ever dared penetrate. Yet tonight... Something had slipped through his fingers. He slowly closed his eyes. "Cómo...?" The single word escaped his lips. How? How had someone reached Harrera? His son never traveled alone. He never drove without an escort. Every route was planned. Every destination secured. Every guard handpicked after years of loyalty. There wasn't a crack in the system. Or so Marcelo had believed. His mind replayed every possibility. An insider? No. Imp
CHAPTER 472
The office door slammed so hard that the glass shelves rattled. "Maldición!" Don Marcelo swept the glass of tequila off his desk. It shattered against the wall. Amber liquid splashed across expensive wood and polished marble. Nobody entered. Nobody dared. The guards outside heard the crash and immediately looked away. Because everyone knew what it meant. Marcelo was furious, truly furious. Not the calculated anger he showed rivals. Not the cold rage he weaponized against enemies. This was different... it was personal and raw. Humiliating even. For years he had planned, he had waited... for years he had watched Thiago Andreas from a distance. Patiently and carefully, like a hunter watching his prey. And now, when victory was finally within reach... his idiot son had managed to get himself captured. Marcelo cursed again. Louder this time. The sound echoed through the room. He grabbed the edge of the desk and lowered his head. His breathing was
CHAPTER 471
For several seconds, Marcelo said nothing. His fingers tightened around the armrest of his chair. The office suddenly felt smaller, colder and dangerous. Finally he spoke. "Say that again." "I have your son." Thiago's voice remained steady, measured and certain. Marcelo slowly rose to his feet. His heartbeat had not increased. His breathing had not changed. But something else had. His certainty. Because Harrera was protected always, his every route, every vehicle... every destination, even movement all fully protected. There were guards who would die before allowing anyone near him. Entire teams dedicated to his safety. Protocols. Contingencies. Layers upon layers of security. And yet... Thiago sounded absolutely convinced. Marcelo walked toward the window overlooking the sprawling grounds of his hacienda. His mind immediately began working. Who? How? When? No answer came. Only questions. For the first time in years, Don Marcelo He
CHAPTER 470
Elias Smith did not travel, he didn't need to, instead, he moved. And when he moved, consequences followed him like shadows. Somewhere outside the borders of Mexico City, in a place that did not appear on official maps, a small black van slowed to a stop. Inside it sat a young man, bound, gagged looking rather confused and furious, it was Don Marcelo’s son. Harrera Marcelo. His eyes darted wildly as he tried to make sense of his surroundings, but the blindfold robbed him of certainty. Then the door opened. A calm voice spoke. “Relax.” Harrera froze. The voice was unfamiliar, it wasn't Mexican. It was not emotional, not loud, just controlled. Then the blindfold was removed. And Harrera blinked rapidly into the light. Standing in front of him was a man he had never seen before. Dark coat. Expressionless face. Eyes that carried no hesitation. No fear. Only decision. The man crouched slightly. Studying him the way a surgeon studies a patient.
CHAPTER 469
Thiago Andreas felt powerless, not angry, not furious. Not calculating. Powerless. And that terrified him more than anything. The Andreas estate had become a fortress. Armed men patrolled the grounds. Vehicles came and went through the night. Phones rang constantly. Information flowed in from every corner of Mexico. Yet none of it mattered. Because Juliana was still gone. And every passing hour felt like a knife turning deeper inside his chest. Thiago sat alone in his study. The same study where he had signed million-dollar contracts. The same study where rival businessmen had begged for mercy. The same study where countless crises had been solved through strategy and patience. Tonight... it felt like a prison. A glass of untouched whiskey sat beside him. His cigar had long burned out. The room was dark except for a single lamp. On his desk lay a photograph, Juliana age ten. Missing two front teeth. Laughing uncontrollably after falling in
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