Chapter 20 - The Final Sunset
The sun dipped below the horizon, casting long, golden shadows across the stone courtyard of the Duca mansion.
Inside the study, the silver-framed photograph of Isabella still sat quietly in the corner of the mahogany desk—not as a ghost of a mourning memory, but as a permanent reminder of a battle won, a love reclaimed, and a future secured.
Lorenzo closed the heavy ledger on his desk, locked the drawer with a crisp click, and turned off the reading lamp.
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The estate was quiet. The war was over. The crown was safe.
He walked out to join his wife and the little girl who had changed the course of destiny, stepping into the warm evening light together, ready for whatever tomorrow might bring.
