Chapter 85 - the underground war
the aftermath of the dock ambush was a quiet, profound victory, but tessa was absolutely furious. back in the heavily fortified manhattan penthouse, a private medic patched up the graze on gabriel’s shoulder. tessa stood by the floor-to-ceiling window, her eyes reflecting the glittering city lights. "they dared to bleed you," tessa whispered, her voice incredibly quiet but echoing with crushing, absolute finality. "dante wants to play by the rules of the old world. we will show him the terrifying reality of the new one." she activated the palermo protocol, a highly classified contingency plan she had designed for this exact scenario. she summoned her elite, ghost-like squad of digital operatives. they transformed the grand library into a military-grade cyber command center. tessa didn't just want to kill dante; she wanted to completely erase his existence. she ordered her hackers to violently breach the hidden financial veins of the sicilian cartel. every offshore account, every shell company, and every encrypted cryptocurrency wallet belonging to dante was systematically targeted for absolute liquidation.
👉 how will dante react when his entire financial empire vanishes?
