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THE UNDERESTIMATED HEIR: HOW THE MAFIA BOSS’S PLUS-SIZE ASSISTANT TOOK DOWN AN EMPIRE / Chapter 5 / 6

Chapter 5 - The Blood Debt Paid

"Kill them," Moretti ordered coldly.

Before the guards could pull their triggers, Helena hit a button on the small remote control she had swiped from Corbin’s pocket.

The emergency fire suppression system didn't spray water—it released high-density, blinding chemical foam designed for fuel fires. The garage was instantly blanketed in a thick, choking white fog.

Shouts of panic echoed through the garage as the mercenaries fired blindly. But Helena didn't need eyes; she had memorized the positions of every car and pillar. She moved through the white mist like a ghost.

Crack. Groan. Thud.

One by one, Moretti’s men dropped in the dark. Roman moved in from the flank, taking down those who tried to flee the fog. Helena emerged from the smoke directly in front of Don Moretti.

Moretti panicked, drawing a gold-plated revolver, but Helena closed the distance instantly. She disarmed him with a brutal wrist-lock, shattered his knee with a heavy kick, and forced him to his knees.

The fog began to clear. Roman walked up, his suit torn and covered in soot, looking down at the defeated Don.

"It’s over, Moretti," Roman said, raising his gun.

"Wait," Helena commanded.

Roman paused, looking at her. "He killed your family, Helena. You want the honor?"

Helena looked down at Moretti, her face completely expressionless. "No. I don't want to kill him. Because if he dies now, he takes the location of the Leone family gold with him."

Moretti spat blood on the floor, laughing weakly. "You'll never find it, girl. It's buried where only the dead can see it."

Helena knelt down, whispering into Moretti's ear. The old Don's eyes suddenly widened in sheer terror. His jaw trembled. "You... you know?"

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The ink on the emergency audit report was barely dry when the secure terminal on my desk flashed a violent crimson. I hadn't slept in thirty-six hours, my eyes burning from staring at columns of ghost figures, duplicate invoices, and shell corporations linked to Dominic Rossi. But the red alert wasn’t from Rossi’s faction. It was an internal security flag originating from the estate’s main vault deep beneath the west wing.

The ink on the emergency audit report was barely dry when the secure ter...

The glass shattered into a thousand tiny diamonds on the marble, scattering the light from the chandeliers. The muffled laughter died instantly, replaced by a suffocating, heavy silence that crept outward from the grand staircase.

The glass shattered into a thousand tiny diamonds on the marble, scatter...

The heavy oak doors of my private study clicked shut behind us, locking out the clinical, terrifying silence of the kitchen. Evelyn Crane stood stiffly in front of my mahogany desk, her hands folded over her apron with the rigid precision of someone who had spent decades micromanaging every square inch of my estate. Behind her, Norah hovered near the doorway, clutching her clipboard like a shield.

The heavy oak doors of my private study clicked shut behind us, locking...

"I've always known," Helena whispered. She then stood up and turned to Roman. "Kill him. He’s no longer useful."

With a single, deafening shot, Roman ended the Moretti regime.

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