Chapter 12 - The Traitor Took My Daughter—But Left Behind a Blue Thread From the Rabbit That Led Us Straight to the Final TrapThe search began immediately.
Alessandro became terrifying.
He shut down Milan.
Every road.
Every port.
Every warehouse.
Every safe house.
Nothing mattered except Emma.
I blamed myself.
“I should have held her.”
Alessandro grabbed my shoulders.
“Don't.”
“She was right beside me.”
“This isn't your fault.”
“She's three.”
“I know.”
His voice broke.
“She is coming home.”
Then Sofia found something.
A blue thread.
From Mr. Bunny.
It led toward an abandoned textile factory.
We went there.
Inside, we found Vivian.
She was alone.
“No Emma?”
She smiled.
“You came.”
“Where is my daughter?”
“Safe.”
“Where?”
“Ask Alessandro.”
He froze.
“What?”
Vivian laughed.
“The final betrayal isn't outside your family.”
She pointed at him.
“It's inside you.”
I looked at Alessandro.
He looked horrified.
Then Emma's voice came from a speaker.
“Mommy?”
I ran toward it.
Alessandro grabbed me.
“Trap.”
The factory doors slammed shut.
Gas began filling the room.
Vivian laughed.
Then Sofia screamed:
“THE VENTS!”
Marco found the control panel.
He shut it down.
Alessandro broke through a side door.
We found Emma hidden inside an office.
Alive.
Terrified.
Holding Mr. Bunny.
I grabbed her.
“Mommy!”
I cried.
Alessandro held both of us.
Then Emma whispered:
“Mr. Bunny found the bad man.”
We looked down.
Inside the rabbit was a photograph.
A man.
Alessandro stared.
His own father.
Alive.
Eight years earlier.
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Standing beside Ricci.
The photograph revealed the final secret.
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