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CHAPTER 16: PARASITE OPERATION (THE LAWFARE)
Seventy-two hours after Sofia’s empty funeral, Matthew Valdes had not left the sixtieth floor. His office had been transformed into a sterile command center. A series of monitors displayed stock market charts, SWIFT transfers, and satellite maps tracking property assets across Europe.Matthew sat at the center, the dark circles beneath his eyes hidden behind custom-made sunglasses integrated with Ares sensors. He was no longer grieving. Grief was an emotion that wasted brain glucose. Now, all that remained was an algorithm of destruction.“You haven’t slept in three days, Matthew. Coffee and Adderall won’t replace your burned-out neurons.” Isabella leaned against the doorframe, holding two bottles of chilled green juice.“My neurons can be replaced with the satisfaction of watching Rodrigo beg,” Matthew replied without taking his eyes off the lines of code before him. “What about the bank in the Caymans?”Isabella walked closer and placed the bottle on the desk. “Success. The FATCA pr
CHAPTER 15: DUST ON THE PIANO
Black smoke still billowed from the wreckage of the overturned Audi in the Level -2 parking garage. The smell of burning gasoline mingled with the scent of charred flesh, an aroma the Ares System identified as a combination of nitrogen, carbon, and denatured protein. But to Matthew Valdes, it was the smell of failure.He stood five meters from the center of the blast. The building’s security officers tried to hold him back, but one look from Matthew’s red eyes made them retreat in fear. The geometric lines in Matthew’s vision flickered wildly as they attempted to map the wreckage.Target: Sofia. Status: Biometric Signal Lost. Probability of Survival: 0.00%.Matthew did not scream. He did not drop to his knees. He simply stared at a silver wristwatch lying on the asphalt several meters from the destroyed driver’s door. It had been a gift from him a month ago. Now its glass was cracked, recording the final seconds of the life of a woman he had only just begun to trust.“Mr. Valdes, this
CHAPTER 14: THE COUNCIL OF WOLVES
The ground floor of Valdes Tower had been cleared. Fully armed tactical units stood guard at every corner, but the real tension was in the Round Table Room on the highest floor. There, seven elders of the Valdes clan, old wolves who had already caught the scent of blood, sat waiting.Matthew Valdes stepped inside. He was not wearing sunglasses. His eyes, reddened from ruptured blood vessels, stared straight ahead, giving him the appearance of a wounded predator that was still deadly. Isabella walked beside him, her head held high, giving him visual signals through finger codes hidden within the folds of her dress.“Sit down, Matthew,” Don Carrillo’s dry voice rang out. “Or should I call you ‘Blind Boy’?”Matthew pulled out the heavy chair at the end of the table. The scrape of mahogany against marble sounded like a growl.“My name is still written on the ownership certificate of this building, Carrillo. That is the only identity you need.”“We’ve read your medical records,” Don Ortega
CHAPTER 13: THE BLOOD AND SILK PACT
The darkness was different this time. It was not the hollow darkness of an isolation cell, but a warm darkness scented with expensive antiseptic and jasmine. Matthew felt the cool sensation of a compressing gel covering his eyes. Every time he tried to move his eyelids, thousands of microscopic needles seemed to pierce directly into the center of his brain.“Don’t take it off. It’s a cooling polymer designed to stabilize the bleeding in your retinas,” Isabella’s voice came from beside his ear. Cold, yet steady.“Where am I?” Matthew tried to sit up, but his hand brushed against the soft silk sheets of a king-size bed.“My private clinic on the outskirts of Madrid. It doesn’t exist on any government map or Rodrigo’s radar. You’re safe, for now.”Matthew drew a deep breath, trying to map the room through sound. He heard the low hum of a hemodialysis machine and the ticking of a mechanical clock. The room was spacious. The ceiling was high.“How long was I unconscious?”“Six hours. You’r
CHAPTER 12: RECEPTION AT THE EDGE OF THE ABYSS
The Madrid night wind howled across the top floor of Vértigo Restaurant. Four-meter-high glass walls separated Spain's elite from the two-hundred-meter drop below. Inside, crystal chandeliers scattered their light across bottles of Dom Pérignon lined up on silk-covered tables.Matthew Valdes stood near the balcony, slowly swirling a glass of whiskey without ice. The Tom Ford tuxedo he wore felt suffocating. Beneath his shirt, the bruises along his ribs throbbed every time he breathed."They didn't come here for your food, Matthew," Isabella's voice came through the micro earpiece in his ear. "They came to see whether you'll collapse after this morning's logistics incident.""Let them watch," Matthew replied softly, barely moving his lips. "Vultures always gather before the lion is truly dead. They just want to know when they can start picking at my flesh."Matthew turned to face the room. The five largest shareholders of Valdes Group sat at the main table. To Matthew, they were five s
CHAPTER 11: A THRONE ABOVE A MINEFIELD
The main lobby of Valdes Tower felt like a funeral filled with hypocrites that morning. When Matthew stepped inside, the sound of his footsteps against the Carrara marble triggered an instant wave of silence. Hundreds of employees stood rigidly, lowering their heads as he passed.Matthew did not see those faces filled with hatred or fear. To him, the lobby was merely a long corridor filled with unstable centers of gravity. He could sense racing heartbeats and tense shoulder muscles, all of them data revealing their unease."Mr. Valdes," a receptionist whispered, her voice trembling at a frequency of 320 hertz. Fear.Matthew kept walking without looking back. Behind him, Sofia, now dressed in a sharp gray business suit, struggled to keep pace with his long strides."What's on the morning schedule, sir?" Sofia asked, trying to sound professional despite the trauma Matthew knew she was still carrying from yesterday's incident at the secret headquarters."Gather the entire board in the Ex
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