Chapter 6 - The Men Storming the Mansion Wanted My Mother’s Ledger, but Raphael Refused to Let Them Touch Me Even When It Meant Burning His Entire EmpireGunfire erupted outside.
Security returned fire.
The mansion went into lockdown.
Raphael grabbed my hand.
“Stay behind me.”
I nodded.
He led me through the underground corridor.
I had never seen it.
“Where are we going?”
“To the archive.”
I stopped.
“You know where it is?”
“No.”
“Then?”
“My father built this place.”
We reached an old vault.
The key fit.
The door opened.
Inside were files.
Thousands.
My mother's handwriting appeared everywhere.
Names.
Dates.
Transactions.
Photographs.
The full history of the Orsini organization.
Raphael stared.
“This is everything.”
I found my mother's final letter.
Mara,
If you ever open this, I failed to protect you.
I cried.
But the letter continued.
The Orsini family is not the enemy anymore.
I stared.
Your greatest danger is the man who convinces them they need to survive through fear.
Raphael looked at me.
“Who?”
The letter named him.
Raphael's uncle.
Matteo Orsini.
The man who had disappeared years ago.
The man thought dead.
He had been controlling Thomas.
He had created the entire conspiracy.
He had orchestrated the attacks.
He had manipulated my mother's death.
And he was still alive.
We looked at the files.
There was one final address.
Matteo's estate.
Raphael closed the archive.
“We're going.”
I shook my head.
“No.”
He looked surprised.
“We've been reacting.”
I pointed at the files.
“Now we have proof.”
“We expose him.”
“Yes.”
“And then?”
“End the organization.”
Raphael stared.
“Everything?”
“Yes.”
He smiled.
“You really do think five steps ahead.”
“I have to.”
May you like
He took my hand.
“Then let's do it.”
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