Chapter 49 -THE FIRST BULLET
Gunfire doesn’t sound like in the movies.
It’s sharper, crueler—like metal tearing the air apart.
The shot cracked through the courtyard just as Isabella stepped out of the villa beside Lorenzo. For a single heartbeat, she didn’t understand what had happened. The night was humid, heavy with tensio...
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1 -THE RETURN
2. Chapter 2 GHOSTS OF THE PAST
3. Chapter 3 -THE DE LUCA EMPIRE
4. Chapter 4 - CROSSING PATHS
5. Chapter 5 - THE OFFER
6. Chapter 6 - THE WARNING 
7. Chapter 7 - BEHIND CLOSED DOORS
8. Chapter 8 -THE FIRST TEST
9. Chapter 9 -THE DINNER
10. Chapter 10 - THE SHADOW NETWORK
11. Chapter 11 - THE FIRST CRACK
12. Chapter 12 -GLIMPSES OF THE DON
13. Chapter 13 -TEMPTATION BEGINS
14. Chapter 14 -THE MASK SLIPS
15. Chapter 15 -THE TRAP
16. Chapter 16 -THE BALL
17. Chapter 17 -BLOOD IN THE ALLEY
18. Chapter 18 -THE AFTERMATH
19. Chapter 19 -THE LIE DEEPENS
20. Chapter 20 -THE ENEMY MOVES
21. Chapter 21 -THE STORM INSIDE
22. Chapter 22 -THE BROTHER
23. Chapter 23 -THE POWER PLAY
24. Chapter 24 -WHISPERS OF THE PAST
25. Chapter 25 -THE GIFT
26. Chapter 26 -BLOOD AND LOYALTY
27. Chapter 27 -THE WARNING CALL
28. Chapter 28 -THE CONFRONTATION
29. Chapter 29 -THE NIGHT ON THE BALCONY
30. Chapter 30 -THE RIVAL’S MESSAGE
31. Chapter 31 -THE PROTECTOR
32. Chapter 32 -SECRETS IN THE DARK
33. Chapter 33 -THE KISS
34. Chapter 34 -THE CONFESSION
35. Chapter 35 -THE FIRE AND SILK
36. Chapter 36 -THE SPY’S GUILT
37. Chapter 37 -SHADOWS OF TRUTH
38. Chapter 38 -THE RIVAL’S STRIKE
39. Chapter 39 -THE VOW
40. Chapter 40 -THE CLIFFHANGER
41. Chapter 41 -THE WOMAN IN THE SHADOWS
42. Chapter 42 -ECHOES OF GIANNI
43. Chapter 43 -THE DINNER TRAP
44. Chapter 44 -THE VENTURI SPY
45. Chapter 45 -THE MASK CRACKS
46. Chapter 46 -MATTEO’S GAME
47. Chapter 47 -THE THREATENED WITNESS
48. Chapter 48 -THE ALMOST CONFESSION
49. Chapter 49 -THE FIRST BULLET
50. Chapter 50 -THE SECRET FILE
51. Chapter 51 -MATTEO’S WARNING
52. Chapter 52 -THE NIGHT HE BREAKS
53. Chapter 53 -THE INTERROGATION ROOM
54. Chapter 54 -ISABELLA’S LINE IN THE SAND
55. Chapter 55 -THE BLACKMAIL LETTER
56. Chapter 56 -DUAL LOYALTIES
57. Chapter 57 -MATTEO’S KISS
58. Chapter 58 -THE COLD WAR BEGINS
59. Chapter 59 -THE SECRET MEETING
60. Chapter 60 -LORENZO’S RAGE
61. Chapter 61 -THE RED HANDKERCHIEF
62. Chapter 62 -MATTEO’S PROPOSITION
63. Chapter 63 -THE FORBIDDEN ROOM
64. Chapter 64 -LORENZO’S DISCOVERY
65. Chapter 65 THE BLOOD OATH
66. Chapter 66 -THE LOCKED DOOR
67. Chapter 67 - THE STORMING OF THE ESTATE
68. Chapter 68 -THE AFTERMATH
69. Chapter 69 - The KNIFE IN THE DARK
70. Chapter 70 -THE TURNING POINT
71. Chapter 71 - THE HEIRLOOM
72. Chapter 72 -THE MIDNIGHT CONVERSATIONS
73. Chapter 73 -MATTEO OVERHEARS
74. Chapter 74 -THE WAR COUNCIL
75. Chapter 75 -THE LIE THAT SAVES HER
76. Chapter 76 -THE SAFEHOUSE
77. Chapter 77 -THE TRACKER DEVICE
78. Chapter 78 -THE BREAKING POINT
79. Chapter 79 -THE LOST FILE
80. Chapter 80 -THE KNIFE’S EDGE
81. Chapter 81 -THE CHOICE HE CAN’T TAKE BACK
82. Chapter 82 -MATTEO MAKES HIS MOVE
83. Chapter 83 -THE LIE BETWEEN THEM
84. Chapter 84 -BLOOD IN THE STREETS
85. Chapter 85 - THE FIRST EXECUTION
86. Chapter 86 -MATTEO’S TRAP
87. Chapter 87 -THE HIDDEN RECORDING
88. Chapter 88 -TRUST IS A LOADED GUN
89. Chapter 89 -THE NIGHT LORENZO BREAKS AGAIN
90. Chapter 90 -THE ATTEMPTED COUP
91. Chapter 91 -THE BROTHER’S BETRAYAL
92. Chapter 92 -THE SAFE HOUSE BURNS
93. Chapter 93 -THE MESSAGE IN BLOOD
94. Chapter 94 -THE CONFESSION AT GUNPOINT
95. Chapter 95 -THE TRUTH THAT SHATTERS HIM
96. Chapter 96 -CHOOSING LOVE OVER POWER
97. Chapter 97 -THE COUNCIL REVOLTS
98. Chapter 98 -MATTEO’S FINAL OFFER
99. Chapter 99 -THE WOMAN WHO CHOOSES WAR
100. Chapter 100 THE FALL OF THE DE LUCAS
101. Chapter 101 -EXILE
102. Chapter 102 -LOVE WITHOUT ILLUSION
103. Chapter 103 -THE GHOSTS OF THEIR PARENTS
104. Chapter 104 -THE PLAN TO END IT ALL
105. Chapter 105 - MATTEO’S CORONATION
106. Chapter 106 -THE DOUBLE CROSS
107. Chapter 107 - BLOOD CALLS FOR BLOOD
108. Chapter 108 -ISABELLA’S CAPTURE
109. Chapter 109 -THE TRUTH MATTEO FEARS
110. Chapter 110 -THE BROTHER’S END
111. Chapter 111 -THE FINAL WAR
112. Chapter 112 -THE PRICE OF VICTORY
113. Chapter 113 -THE CHOICE ISABELLA MAKES
114. Chapter 114 - THE BURNING EMPIRE
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