Chapter 6 - The Whispers of Treason
The air inside the underground bunker felt instantly colder.
Adrian Moretti was awake, but his memory of the assassination attempt was entirely gone.
"He is demanding to see the little girl," Reynolds continued over the radio.
Dante looked at Elena, who immediately clutched Sophia tighter to her chest.
"Absolutely not," Elena whispered fiercely.
"I will not bring my child anywhere near that man."
Dante ignored her completely and pressed the transmit button.
"We are coming up now."
Elena tried to back away, but the heavy steel door was already unsealing.
"If you want to stay alive, you will do exactly what Adrian asks," Dante warned her softly.
They walked up the hidden staircase and entered the sterile medical suite on the ground floor.
Adrian was sitting up in a hospital bed, looking pale but terrifyingly alert.
His dark eyes locked onto Sophia the moment she walked into the room.
Titan pushed past Dante and trotted right up to the bed, resting his massive head on Adrian's leg.
"Good boy," Adrian rasped, gently patting the dog's thick neck.
He then shifted his intense gaze to the nervous maid trembling in the corner.
"You are the mother," Adrian stated, his voice a low, commanding rumble.
"Yes, sir," Elena answered, keeping her eyes glued to the floor.
"Your child managed to control a dog that has hospitalized three of my best men."
Before Adrian could ask another question, the heavy double doors of the medical suite swung open.
Lorenzo Moretti, Adrian's younger and far more aggressive brother, stormed into the room.
"Thank God you are alive," Lorenzo said smoothly, rushing toward the bed.
Titan instantly erupted into a furious, deafening roar.
The massive dog stepped between the bed and Lorenzo, bearing his fangs with lethal intent.
Lorenzo stopped dead in his tracks, his hands raising defensively.
"Call this stupid beast off, Adrian!" Lorenzo shouted over the barking.
Sophia bravely stepped forward and placed her small hand on Titan's back.
The dog immediately silenced his barking, but his eyes remained locked on the brother with pure hatred.
Elena noticed something else as Lorenzo defensively adjusted his tailored suit jacket.
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The gold lion cufflink on his left wrist was perfectly intact.
But the cufflink on his right wrist was entirely missing.
