Chapter 13 - The Final Stand at Villa Moretti: Facing the Ghost from the Shadows
The conclave in Rome did not happen at the palazzo.
Anticipating that Lucchese would attempt a desperate counter-assault on the Moretti estate while Enzo was believed to be traveling, Enzo and Marco had turned Villa Moretti in Lake Como into an impenetrable fortress.
At midnight, Lucchese's remaining strike team breached the perimeter gates, expecting an empty estate guarded only by staff.
Instead, floodlights suddenly bathed the sprawling Italian gardens in blinding white light.
Enzo stood on the grand marble staircase, backed by fifty loyal Moretti guards.
Lucchese, surrounded in the courtyard, looked around in horror. "Moretti... how did you know?"
"You underestimated Elena," Enzo said coldly, gesturing to the upper terrace where Elena stood beside Marco. "She froze your offshore accounts forty minutes ago. Your mercenaries haven't been paid. Their loyalty expired at midnight."
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One by one, Lucchese’s hired gunmen dropped their weapons onto the gravel driveway, surrendering without firing a single shot.
Lucchese fell to his knees, defeated not by bullets, but by superior strategy and the brilliant mind of the woman Enzo loved.
