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Jump out, now!” my three-year-old daughter screamed at Roman Hail, the mafia boss whose own men were too afraid to look him in the eye. He jumped from his moving supercar seconds before a truck crushed the driver’s side, but when Roman returned alive, he discovered the men waiting for us were his most trusted soldiers, and they had already written my little girl into the alibi for an assassination they never expected him to survive. / Chapter 10 / 10

Chapter 10 - Dawn of a New Life

The sun was just beginning to peek over the jagged horizon of the Atlantic coastline when Roman returned to Blackridge Estate.

The raid on Pier 14 had been swift, bloodless, and absolute. Backed by federal strike teams and Roman’s elite security detail, the remaining leaders of the syndicate—desperate remnants loyal to Marcus and Julian—had been cornered and arrested before they could even reach their getaway vehicles. By sunrise, the entire criminal network that had once choked the waterfront was dismantled, its assets frozen by the federal government and its leadership locked away in maximum-security federal facilities.

When Roman walked through the double doors of the west wing, his suit jacket was gone, his sleeves were rolled up to his elbows, and there was a tired, victorious smile on his face.

Lily was already awake, sitting at the kitchen island with her red toy car, while I was pouring fresh coffee into two mugs.

Roman walked straight over, ignoring the coffee, and pulled both of us into a warm, protective embrace that felt more secure than any concrete vault or steel gate ever could.

“It’s over,” Roman whispered against my hair, his arms holding us tight. “The federal indictments are sealed. The syndicate is gone. We’re finally free.”

I rested my head against his shoulder, letting out a breath I felt like I’d been holding since the day I first stepped foot into Blackridge Estate. The shadows of the past were gone, washed away by the morning light.

Lily held up her dented red toy car, offering it to Roman with a bright, beaming smile.

Roman chuckled, taking the toy car in his large hand and placing it gently beside his coffee cup.

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“Come on,” Roman said, looking between Lily and me with a warm, radiant expression that banished every ghost of his dangerous past. “Let’s go outside. The courtyard is completely clean, and I think we have a lot of lost time to make up for.”

We walked out onto the stone balcony together, the cool morning breeze carrying the scent of salt air and blooming roses from the gardens below. The iron gates of Blackridge Estate stood wide open, welcoming the sunrise, and for the first time in our lives, the future stretched out before us—bright, peaceful, and entirely our own.

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