Beneath the Surface
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Last published Thu, Feb 26, 2026
In a world where power is a deadly game, she is the shadow that slips between titans. The least remarkable daughter of a formidable pharmaceutical dynasty, Vittoria De Luca has learned to survive in the background, listening and observing while her siblings vie for dominance. But when a dark game of betrayals, deaths, disappearances, and threats elevates her as the last heir, her true battle is just beginning.
As factions fracture and distrust becomes currency, the truth blurs. Who is the true savior of her dynasty? The victim or the villain?
Beneath the Surface is a tale of ambition, betrayal, and the art of manipulation, where darkness masquerades as light and truth becomes a distant echo.
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