The study remained silent.The black folder lay open between them.
Aria hadn't moved for several seconds.
Her eyes remained fixed on the photograph of her parents, Jack and Sophia, standing beside Kael.
Four heirs.Four empires.Four friends.
And one betrayal that had changed everything.
Marco told to opened another file.
"The story doesn't end with Kael deciding to betray them," he said quietly.
Aria looked at him.
"Then what happened?"
Marco turned the first page.
"The beginning of the end started when your mother was pregnant with you."
Twenty threeYears Ago...
Sophia sat alone in her study.
One hand rested gently over her growing stomach.She was smiling. She had everything she had ever wanted.
Jack.Their child and a future where the Ricci and Moretti empires would finally stand together.
But something had been bothering her.
A stack of financial documents sat open across the desk.
Sophia slowly turned another page.
Then another.Her smile disappeared.
