Chapter 25 - the viper's nest
the victory at the docks was a massive blow to the lucchese faction, but tessa’s brilliant mind remained restless. as she reviewed the security footage from the ambush, she noticed an agonizing discrepancy. the mercenary leader had been checking his phone precisely three minutes before gabriel’s strike. someone from inside the rossi tower had tried to warn them. tessa locked herself in the secure server room, rapidly cross-referencing encrypted communication logs with the family's internal network. the digital trail was buried under layers of sophisticated routing, but she relentlessly untangled the web. the betrayal pierced her heart like a physical blade. the leak came directly from marco, the head of their legal department and a man who had sworn a blood oath to her grandfather decades ago. marco had been heavily in debt to offshore casinos, and the lucchese family had bought his loyalty with a blank check. gabriel stormed into the server room, seeing the evidence on the glowing monitors. his face twisted into a mask of pure, absolute fury. he reached for his weapon, ready to execute the traitor in the middle of the corporate office, but tessa grabbed his arm, her eyes cold and calculating.
👉 what terrifying trap will tessa set to expose the traitor publicly?
