Chapter 33

• The motel room felt like a tomb. Dim lighting, stale air, and the distant wail of sirens outside. Leo sat on the edge of the bed, staring at the black laptop screen long after Valeria’s face had disappeared. The ultimatum echoed in his skull like a gunshot that wouldn’t stop ringing.
• Surrender yourself… or we burn everything.
• He could end it. Walk in alone, hand over the files, and maybe — just maybe — buy freedom for Kai, Luca, Marco, Elena, and the few others still breathing. No more bodies. No more blood on his hands. He could be the sacrifice the families always wanted him to be.