35.Chapter

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Location: Isabella’s private command suite, La Moraleja Compound, Spain
Time: Midnight (CET)

International Secure Business Call

The room was dark, lit only by the blue hue of five massive screens. Isabella sat at the head of a long obsidian conference table. One hand on her espresso cup, the other resting beside a locked file labeled Classified: Verona Ops. Her expression? Cold. Calculated. Ready.

As the encrypted call connected, four boxes flickered to life:

Ali – Spanish underboss, from her tactical suite in Valencia Hills Penthouse. Her brows furrowed.

GG – Live from Zagreb, legs up on her desk, lighting a cigarette.

Mari – In a sleek conference bunker beneath NYC’s eastside safehouse, already tapping notes into her digital screen.

Thomas – From London HQ, holding a glass of scotch, a devil’s grin barely hidden.

Off to the side, physically present with Isabella in Spain, were William and Enry — standing close, visibly protective, both watching the screens like predators.

> Isabella’s voice was sharp. Controlled.

> “We have a problem. And I’m done keeping it quiet.”

She pressed play.

On-screen: a short surveillance clip — Matthew Sinclair. Verona mission. A conversation that didn’t match the script. Words twisted. Timelines off. A lie.

Silence. Then:

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Reactions from the Commanders

Ali leaned forward, eyes cold:

> “This man. He played you. Which means he played us. You want me to fly out?”

G G flicked her ash, deadpan:

> “Want him in pieces or burned whole?”

Mari rolled her shoulders, voice steady but deadly:

> “I’ll scrub his records from the NYC syndicate. We’ll make sure he has no place left to hide on this continent.”

Thomas, slow and lethal:

> “You trusted him. So he either has a death wish… or he's more dangerous than we assumed.”

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Isabella’s Order

She rose from her chair — black silk blazer sharp over a gunmetal grey top.

> “No one touches him until I say so. He knows something. And he’ll lead us to more.”

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