Chapter 10 - BROTHER AND SISTER They escaped through the theater's underground tunnels.
Adrian knew every passage.
He had spent years running from Silas.
Finally, inside a hidden apartment, he explained the truth.
He had been rescued separately from Isabella.
Another servant had taken him away.
But unlike Rosa, that servant eventually betrayed him.
Adrian had spent years investigating the fire.
He discovered that Silas had ordered it.
But he never had proof.
Until Isabella found the ledger.
"The ledger is the missing piece," Adrian said.
Isabella placed it on the table.
"My mother knew this would happen."
Adrian opened the book.
Inside was a handwritten code.
Katerina had hidden something within the accounting records.
A list of names.
Judges.
Police officials.
Senators.
Corporate executives.
Silas had spent twenty years buying protection.
But one name appeared repeatedly.
Eleanor Price.
A federal prosecutor.
Mateo knew her.
"If she's compromised, we're finished."
Adrian shook his head.
"She's not."
"How do you know?"
"Because she was the one person my father trusted."
Isabella looked at the ledger.
"Then we go to her."
Before they could leave, Adrian's phone rang.
A video appeared.
Victoria.
She was sitting inside a dark room.
Her face was bruised.
Silas's voice spoke from behind the camera.
"Bring me Isabella."
May you like
Victoria stared into the lens.
"Or your brother dies."
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