Chapter 10 - A Seat at the Table
The massive estate was completely quiet again as the morning sun finally broke through the heavy storm clouds.
Cleaners had already scrubbed the bloody marble foyer perfectly spotless, removing all traces of the violent night.
Enzo was resting comfortably back in the medical wing, fully expected to make a complete and total recovery.
Norah stood in the beautiful, sunlit kitchen, wearing normal clothes instead of her heavily stained chef’s uniform.
Vincent walked into the room wearing a sharply tailored suit that actually fit his recovering, healthy frame.
He walked up behind her and wrapped his strong arms gently around her waist, resting his chin on her shoulder.
He whispered that her brother’s massive debt was officially forgiven and he was safely placed in a new country.
Norah turned around in his embrace and looked up into the warm, adoring eyes of the mafia king.
She realized she no longer felt like a terrified prisoner trapped inside a beautiful golden cage.
Vincent softly asked her if she wanted to leave this dangerous life behind and start over somewhere safe.
Norah smiled beautifully, reached up on her toes, and kissed him with a fierce, absolute certainty.
She promised him that she was exactly where she belonged and she was never leaving his side.
They sat down together at the kitchen island, sharing a simple, quiet breakfast of warm oatmeal and honey.
The brutal war was permanently over, and they had finally found peace in each other's broken pieces.
Later that afternoon, Norah decided to clean out the locker previously belonging to the traitorous security chief.
She pulled out a false bottom in the metal drawer and discovered a heavily classified medical folder hidden inside.
She opened the file and gasped aloud as she read the recent DNA report printed on official hospital letterhead.
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The report definitively proved that the heavy metal poison had failed to kill Vincent simply because he possessed an inhuman, genetically mutated blood type.
The terrifying monster who actually orchestrated the original assassination attempt was not a rival mafia boss, but a shadow government agency hunting anomalies just like him.
