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CHAPTER 97
Every apology stripped another layer from the arrogant armor he had worn his entire life. By the fourth one, his eyes were red. By the sixth, his voice was barely a whisper.Then he stopped."No." Enzo straightened his spine, the old fury reigniting behind his bloodshot eyes. "I am done groveling. You people should be thanking me for even acknowledging your existence. My family built this city while yours were selling vegetables from carts. If any of you think this changes who I am, you are more delusional than the street rat who started this!"Dante placed one final document on the table."You secretly recorded private conversations with twelve powerful families and used the recordings to pressure them into business concessions." Dante's voice was flat and final. "The recordings are listed here with dates, names, and transcript summaries."Every person in the room went rigid. The families Enzo had recorded were the same families standing in this room. The same families who had protec
CHAPTER 96
Enzo knelt on the floor, his chest heaving, his face twisted between rage and something he had never felt before. Humiliation so deep it reached the bone.The next morning, the evidence file Dante had assembled began its work.Cristiano Ferro, the young businessman Enzo had publicly humiliated at the charity gathering, released a detailed statement describing how Enzo had used his father's connections to block a legitimate business deal simply because Cristiano had refused to invite him to a private event.Another heir produced financial records showing Enzo had pressured a bank into denying a competitor's loan application by threatening to withdraw the Caradonna family's accounts.A third victim revealed that Enzo had blackmailed him with fabricated evidence to force him out of a real estate deal worth millions."He told me if I did not withdraw my bid, his father would make sure my company never received another permit in this city." The businessman's recorded testimony spread throu
CHAPTER 95
By the eighteenth morning, the garage smelled different. Not the usual stale cold and frozen metal. Something heavier. Something that settled in the back of the throat and refused to leave."They killed everyone." A woman from Building 2 stood near the garage ramp with a flashlight shaking in her hand, talking to three men who looked like they had not slept in days. "My cousin lived on the fourth floor of Building 3. She's gone. Her husband is gone. Their door was smashed off the hinges. There's blood on the hallway walls up to the fifth floor.""How many?" One of the men rubbed his face with both hands."I don't know. Twenty? Thirty? The ones who made it out of their apartments ran down here to the garage." She pointed her flashlight toward the far wall where a row of concrete pillars disappeared into the darkness. "They froze to death before morning. I counted six bodies curled up against the pillars. Still had their shoes on. Still had the look on their faces."Word spread through
CHAPTER 94
"Do not create problems with Vittorio Romano, Enzo." Massimo's deep voice carried warning. "That family is not someone we provoke carelessly.""He humiliated me!" Enzo slammed his fist against the leather seat. "Your own son! In front of three hundred people! Are you going to let some nameless beggar disrespect the Caradonna name and do nothing about it?"The line went silent for ten seconds. Then Massimo sighed."I will apply pressure. Quietly. But if this comes back on us, Enzo, you will answer for it personally."By the next morning, the damage had begun. A businessman who had promised Dante information about the Black Veil cancelled their meeting after his company accounts were frozen overnight. Another contact lost a major contract without explanation. A smaller company inside Vittorio's network received a surprise investigation from a regulatory agency that had never shown interest
CHAPTER 93
"Alessia, please tell me this is not what I think it is." Enzo's voice dripped with contempt so thick it could have been scooped with a spoon. "You actually brought a street sweeper to a billionaire's gathering? Where did you find him? Sleeping behind a dumpster? Begging for coins at a traffic light?""Walk away, Enzo." Alessia's voice turned to ice."I am serious." Enzo jabbed his finger toward Dante without taking his eyes off Alessia. "Look at this creature. No watch. No tie. No cufflinks. He is dressed like a janitor who wandered through the wrong door. The only reason anyone in this room even knows his name is because your father feels guilty about the alley incident. Remove Vittorio's charity, and this leech has absolutely nothing. He is a parasite feeding on your family's sympathy."Dante looked at Enzo the way a man looks at a fly buzzing near his plate. Mild irritation and absolutely nothing else."Nothing to say?" Enzo stepped closer, his confidence swelling. "Of course not.
CHAPTER 92
The charity gathering occupied the entire grand floor of the Palazzo Reale, a building so old its marble walls had witnessed three centuries of wealth changing hands. Crystal chandeliers threw soft golden light across hundreds of guests dressed in suits and gowns worth more than most apartments.Dante arrived through a side entrance and positioned himself near a stone pillar away from the main crowd. He had no interest in socializing. His mind was still burning with his father's warning, the words repeating inside his skull like a song he could not turn off.But his presence did not go unnoticed."Is that the man Vittorio introduced at the Palazzo banquet?" A woman in emerald jewelry leaned toward her husband, her eyes locked on Dante across the room."The same one who made Matteo Rinaldi eat dessert off his own suit." Her husband nodded slowly, his expression carrying cautious respect. "I heard Enzo Carducci personally requested a second meeting with him."Alessia found Dante within
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