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Location: Naples – Safehouse Perimeter
The first explosion hit just after midnight.
Isabella was thrown from her chair, her ears ringing, fire clawing up the hallway. Sirens. Screams. Gunfire in the courtyard.
Ricci had struck back.
Allegra dragged Isabella to her feet. "Roof! Now!"
Outside, enemy fire rained from rooftops. Black vans with falsified diplomatic plates peeled into the alleyways.
"He's using embassy protection," Allegra spat. "We can't shoot back without a war."
Isabella didn't hesitate.
"Then we give him one."
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Meanwhile – Montenegro Coast, Ricci's Estate
Ricci was calm.
In front of him knelt a courier from Naples, bleeding and shaking.
"They escaped," the courier said. "Isabella's alive."
Ricci turned to Costanzo.
"I want her hunted. Use everyone. I don't care what it costs."
Costanzo nodded.
But when Ricci left, he knelt beside the courier.
"You did well," Costanzo whispered—and injected a sedative to knock him out.
Then he made a call.
"She's still alive," he told Allegra. "Now move your pieces before Ricci burns the whole board."
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Florence Countryside – Temporary Command
Nico threw his phone after the call. "They bombed the Naples base."
Domenico grabbed his arm. "We go now. No more waiting."
Gianna loaded her guns. "We take his estate or we die trying."
They looked to Isabella, just arrived, cut and scorched but furious.
"We're done hiding," she said. "We infiltrate Montenegro tonight."
"Just us?" Gianna asked.
"No," Isabella replied.
"Everyone who owes me a debt."
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A Secret Room – Inside Ricci's Estate
Costanzo opened the old vault—the one even Ricci forgot existed.
Inside were tapes. Contracts. Hidden ledgers.
And a single dusty letter from Isabella's father—addressed to Ricci.
Costanzo read it slowly.
"You may win the world, Luca. But you'll never earn its respect."
He burned the letter.
Then copied the rest.
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Midnight – The Sea Route to Montenegro
Four boats. Silent. Low-profile.
Nico, Domenico, Allegra, Gianna, and twenty loyalists—all dressed for war.
Isabella stood at the helm of the lead vessel, hair whipping in the sea wind, eyes locked on the coast.
"This ends tomorrow," she said.
"Or tonight," Allegra added.
Gianna raised her weapon.
"For Matteo."
Domenico echoed, "For the fallen."
Nico placed a hand on Isabella's shoulder.
"For the future."
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Final Scene – Ricci's Estate Surveillance Room
Cameras blinked.
One by one.
Dark.
Then static.
Then… silence.
A guard turned to Ricci. "Sir. We've lost visuals on the south coast."
Ricci's eyes narrowed. He reached for his gun.
"She's coming."