Chapter 10 - The Woman Dante Loved Most Was Taken Because Vale Wanted Me to SurrenderSofia was everything to Dante.
His sister.
His last connection to their childhood.
Vale knew that.
He sent one message.
ELENA FOR SOFIA.
I wanted to go.
Dante refused.
"No."
"I have to."
"Not alone."
"I'll trade myself."
He shook his head.
"I won't let you."
"Sofia will die."
"So will you."
"What would you choose?"
He stared.
"You."
"Why?"
"Because Sofia would kill me if I let you sacrifice yourself."
That sounded like her.
We tracked Vale to an old theater.
The place was empty.
Sofia was tied to a chair.
Vale stood behind her.
"You came."
"We came."
He smiled.
"Both of you."
Dante raised his weapon.
"Let her go."
Vale looked at me.
"Give me the code."
"I don't have it."
He laughed.
"You're lying."
I stepped forward.
"I'll give you the database."
Dante looked at me.
"No."
I whispered:
"Trust me."
He did.
I entered the code.
The screens activated.
But the information was fake.
Vale realized too late.
Police flooded the theater.
Sofia escaped.
Vale ran.
We chased him through backstage tunnels.
I caught a glimpse of him.
Then lost him.
Dante stopped.
His face changed.
"What?"
He pointed.
A blood trail.
Vale had been shot.
But not by us.
Someone else had fired.
A man stepped from the shadows.
Salvatore.
He had escaped custody.
Dante raised his gun.
"Uncle."
Salvatore smiled.
"You're becoming your father."
"No."
Dante fired.
Salvatore fell.
He was alive.
Police took him.
For the first time, the family finally stopped fighting itself.
The Moretti empire ended.
No more secret wars.
No more hidden labs.
No more blood.
Dante looked at me.
"Come home."
May you like
I smiled.
"I think I already have."
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