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The grand marble foyer of the Bellavita mansion was built to intimidate.

Constructed in 1920 by Rocco’s grandfather, it featured forty-foot vaulted ceilings, a sweeping double staircase made of imported Carrara marble, and a massive crystal chandelier that had once hung in a Venetian palace.

Standing at the base of the staircase was Carmine Moretti.

Carmine was sixty-two, short, thick-set, with slicked-back black hair and eyes as cold and flat as a shark’s. He wore an eight-thousand-dollar tailored navy suit, three gold rings on each hand, and carried a gold-topped cane—not because he needed it to walk, but because it concealed a twelve-inch steel blade.

Flanking Carmine were four heavy-set men in dark suits—his personal lieutenants from Newark, men known across the underbelly as "The Meatcutters."

When Carmine heard footsteps descending the marble stairs, a smug, triumphant smile spread across his fleshy face.

He adjusted his lapels, expecting to see his son Vincent leading a sedated, confused Rocco down the steps, flanked by Dr. Voss and a medical transport crew.

Instead, Rocco Bellavita walked down the stairs alone.

He was dressed in a bespoke charcoal-grey three-piece suit. His silk tie was knotted with mathematical precision. His gold pocket watch chain gleamed against his vest. His posture was straight as a ramrod, his eyes sharp, clear, and commanding.

Behind him walked Vincent.

To an outside observer, Vincent looked like a dutiful nephew following his uncle. Only Carmine, who knew his son intimately, noticed the strange, stiff way Vincent held his arms behind his back—where his cuffed wrists were concealed beneath his dark overcoat—and the small, dark silver barrel of Dante’s silenced pistol pressed hard into the small of Vincent’s spine from directly behind.

Carmine’s smile froze instantly. His grip on the gold cane tightened until his knuckles went white.

"Carmine," Rocco said smoothly, reaching the bottom of the staircase. His voice echoed off the marble walls like thunder. "What a pleasant surprise. I didn't expect my brother-in-law to visit so early on a Wednesday morning."

Carmine swallowed hard, his mind scrambling to understand how the plan had collapsed so completely. "Rocco... brother. I... I came to see how you were feeling. Vincent told me last night that your health was... deteriorating rapidly."

"Did he?" Rocco asked, stopping three feet from Carmine. He looked at Vincent with a cool, pleasant smile. "Vincent has always been so overly concerned with my health. A truly devoted nephew."

Carmine’s eyes flicked to his son’s pale, terrified face. He saw the sweat dripping from Vincent’s chin. He saw Dante standing like an executioner directly behind the boy.

Carmine realized instantly: They know.

"Rocco," Carmine stammered, stepping back toward his four lieutenants. "There’s been a misunderstanding—"

"No misunderstanding, Carmine," Rocco interrupted smoothly. He gestured toward the grand dining room to his right. "I was just about to have breakfast. Why don't you join me? We have so much to discuss before our ten o'clock court appointment."

Carmine’s lieutenants reached instinctively toward their jackets, their hands moving toward their concealed firearms.

CLICK.

The sound of twelve heavy assault rifles cocking simultaneously echoed from the upper balcony surrounding the foyer.

Carmine looked up in horror.

Rocco’s elite tactical guards—men loyal only to Don Bellavita, trained by former Special Forces contractors—were lined up along the marble balustrade, their laser sights painting small, bright red dots across the chests of Carmine’s four lieutenants.

"Drop your weapons," Dante commanded from behind Vincent. "Or the foyer gets repainted in Newark colors."

The four lieutenants didn't hesitate. They slowly raised their hands, unbuckling their shoulder holsters and dropping their heavy pistols onto the marble floor with loud, echoing clatters.

Carmine stood alone, his gold cane shaking in his hand.

"Rocco... please," Carmine whispered, his voice trembling. "We’re family! Your sister... my wife..."

"My sister died five years ago, Carmine," Rocco said, his voice dropping into that abyss of ice. "And she spent her final years crying because she knew what kind of snake she had married."

Rocco turned toward the dining room. "Dante, bring our guests inside. And tell Mariah to bring my morning espresso."