Chapter 6 - The Night the Moretti House Went DarkBlackwood attacked just after midnight.
The power failed first.
Then the security system.
Then the phones.
Dominic knew immediately.
“Move the children.”
His men rushed toward the bedrooms.
Too late.
The hallway filled with smoke.
A gunshot echoed.
One guard fell.
Dominic pulled Ethan behind a wall.
“Stay with me.”
“Where's Lily?”
“Safe.”
“No!”
Ethan tried to run.
Dominic grabbed him.
“Trust me.”
Another shot.
Then the lights returned.
Blackwood stood in the doorway.
Older.
Gray-haired.
Calm.
He had a gun pointed toward Grace.
“You're making this difficult.”
Dominic raised his weapon.
“Let her go.”
Blackwood laughed.
“You still believe you're in charge.”
“Put the gun down.”
“You found the heirs.”
“Yes.”
“You don't understand why.”
“Explain.”
Blackwood smiled.
“Your father was never trying to protect the empire.”
“What did he want?”
“Immortality.”
Dominic stared.
Blackwood explained the truth.
The family fortune was held in a legal trust.
The heirs had to remain together until the youngest turned eighteen.
Only then would the full assets transfer.
Vittorio had planned to eliminate the children one by one and control the trust through shell guardians.
But Sophia discovered the plan.
She escaped.
Blackwood hunted her.
Vittorio died before finishing.
Blackwood waited.
For ten years.
Then Luca was born.
And the legal clock began again.
Dominic stared.
“Why take the children now?”
“Because once they are together, the trust can be challenged.”
“You want the money.”
“No.”
Blackwood smiled.
“I want the power behind it.”
Dominic's eyes narrowed.
“Same thing.”
Blackwood pulled out a document.
“Sign this.”
“What is it?”
“Guardianship transfer.”
“You think I'll sign?”
“You will.”
“Why?”
Blackwood pointed toward Lily.
“And because she isn't safe.”
A sniper appeared outside.
Dominic understood.
Blackwood had surrounded the house.
He had no choice.
Dominic signed.
Then smiled.
Blackwood frowned.
“What?”
Dominic looked at him.
“You didn't read the second page.”
Blackwood's expression changed.
The document was not a guardianship transfer.
It was an assignment of Blackwood's assets.
Dominic had swapped the pages.
His lawyers had prepared it.
The federal agents entered.
Blackwood stared.
“You planned this.”
“For months.”
“No.”
Dominic shook his head.
“Since the park.”
A shot rang out.
Blackwood's men surrendered.
The final fight ended.
But Blackwood laughed.
“You think you're done?”
Dominic stepped closer.
“Where is Vescari?”
Blackwood smiled.
“Dead.”
“Where?”
“He betrayed everyone.”
Dominic stared.
“And Sophia?”
Blackwood's smile disappeared.
“She was supposed to survive.”
Dominic froze.
“What?”
“Vescari was ordered to bring her alive.”
“By whom?”
Blackwood looked toward the hallway.
“Your father.”
“You're lying.”
“No.”
Blackwood dropped his voice.
“Your father didn't want Sophia dead.”
“Then why?”
“He wanted her hidden.”
Dominic stared.
“For what?”
Blackwood answered:
“Because she knew who your real mother was.”
Dominic froze.
“My mother?”
“Yes.”
“You're saying Sophia knew?”
“Yes.”
“Then who?”
Blackwood smiled.
“Ask Elena.”
Dominic turned.
Elena stood in the doorway.
Her face had gone white.
Dominic looked at her.
“What does he mean?”
She began to cry.
“I never wanted you to know.”
“Know what?”
“That Sophia wasn't the only woman your father loved.”
Dominic stared.
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His family had another secret.
And this one went back before he was born.
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