Chapter 1 - The Shattered Glass at Moretti Estate
Inside the private dining hall of the Moretti estate, glowing crystal chandeliers illuminated lush white floral arrangements, polished marble tables, and flickering candles. The city’s most influential family members sat dressed in black-tie attire, sipping fine wine in tense silence.
Suddenly, a violent slam echoed off the vaulted stone ceiling as Vincent Moretti—a tall, handsome, late thirty-something mafia patriarch wearing a crisp black three-piece suit—stood up, his palm crushing a thick paper envelope onto the marble table.
"Twelve years of medical reports were all fake?!" Vincent bellowed, his deep, authoritative voice laced with lethal disbelief as his dark eyes locked onto his uncle, Julian.
Beside him, Emma Carter, his twenty-eight-year-old contract wife wearing a silk champagne-colored evening gown, let out a soft, shuddering breath. Her pale face drained of all color before her eyes fluttered shut. She slumped sideways in her carved wooden chair, her limp hand knocking over a crystal goblet that shattered against the marble floor, spilling red wine like blood across the tablecloth.
The surrounding guests gasped in collective horror, half of them rising from their seats in sheer panic.
Vincent lunged across the marble tabletop, catching Emma’s fragile body before she hit the floor. His stoic, impenetrable facade shattered into absolute panic as he pulled her into his arms, feeling how icy cold her skin had become.
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"Emma! Stay with me! Call a doctor right now!" Vincent roared, his voice trembling with a terrifying desperation no one in the Moretti empire had ever heard before.
👉 Read on to discover what secret was hidden inside the medical envelope lying beside the shattered glass.
