Chapter 9 - Someone Inside Aleandro’s Family Betrayed Them

Victor called before dawn.
“I found the leak.”
Aleandro stood outside.
“Who?”
Silence.
“Victor.”
“Matteo.”
Aleandro felt the world narrow.
His cousin.
The man to whom he had handed everything.
“Explain.”
“Matteo has been communicating with Calder intermediaries.”
Aleandro's voice became dangerously calm.
“How long?”
“Months.”
Everything suddenly made sense.
Matteo had not merely inherited the organization.
He had been restructuring alliances.
And if Calder wanted Eva, Matteo might consider her a bargaining chip.
Aleandro looked toward the house.
Eva stood behind the window.
Watching.
May you like
His old world had followed him home.
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