Chapter 8 - THE TRAITOR Mateo summoned his inner security team.
Seven people entered the room.
Seven trusted men and women.
Only one was working for Silas.
The problem was that they had no idea who.
Isabella watched silently.
She noticed something.
A guard named Daniel kept avoiding her eyes.
He had been with Mateo for twelve years.
Yet he was sweating.
"Daniel," Isabella said.
He looked up.
"Yes, ma'am?"
"Where were you when the penthouse lost power?"
He hesitated.
"Outside."
Mateo's eyes narrowed.
"There are no external cameras showing you outside."
Daniel's hand moved toward his jacket.
Mateo drew first.
Daniel surrendered.
But the real shock came when they searched his phone.
Messages.
Photographs.
Payment records.
And one message from Victoria.
Daniel wasn't working directly for Silas.
He was working for Victoria.
Even from prison.
Victoria had been coordinating everything through a network of loyal employees.
But Daniel revealed something worse.
"Victoria wasn't the mastermind."
"Who was?"
He looked terrified.
"Silas."
Mateo leaned closer.
"Why is he so afraid of Isabella?"
Daniel swallowed.
"Because the girl isn't the only heir."
Silence.
Isabella's face went pale.
"What do you mean?"
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Daniel whispered:
"Your father had another child."
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