Chapter 5 - THE ENEMY BECOMES AN ALLY
Elena refused to explain everything.
Not immediately.
She demanded to speak privately with Nora.
Dominic refused.
“You're not taking her anywhere.”
Elena laughed.
“You still think you can protect everyone.”
“I can protect her.”
“No.”
Elena looked at Nora.
“She'll need to protect herself.”
Nora stepped between them.
“Enough.”
Both siblings looked at her.
“I want answers.”
Elena nodded.
“Then come with me.”
Dominic grabbed Nora's arm.
“No.”
She looked at his hand.
“Let go.”
He did.
Nora turned to Elena.
“Talk.”
Elena sighed.
“Your father stole the Black Ledger because he discovered Dominic was being betrayed.”
“By whom?”
“Our uncle.”
Dominic's expression hardened.
“Marco.”
Elena nodded.
“Marco wanted control of everything. He arranged the attack that killed our parents.”
Dominic stared at her.
“I thought our parents died in a car accident.”
“They didn't.”
Silence.
Elena continued.
“I discovered the truth. Marco tried to kill me too.”
“You disappeared.”
“I had no choice.”
Dominic's jaw tightened.
“You could have contacted me.”
“I did.”
He froze.
“What?”
“Three times.”
Dominic looked stunned.
“I never received anything.”
“Because Marco intercepted every message.”
Nora understood.
“You've been fighting the same enemy from opposite sides.”
Elena nodded.
“And now he's coming for you.”
“Why?”
“Because your father hid the ledger somewhere only you can access.”
Nora frowned.
“I don't know anything about a ledger.”
Elena stepped closer.
“Your mother gave you something when you were little.”
Nora thought.
Then remembered.
An old silver music box.
Her mother had always told her never to lose it.
Nora whispered, “The music box.”
Dominic looked at her.
“Where is it?”
“At my apartment.”
Leo entered suddenly.
“Boss.”
Dominic turned.
“What?”
“Three cars just arrived at the front gate.”
Elena's expression hardened.
“How many men?”
“Too many.”
Dominic reached for his gun.
“Lock the gates.”
Gunfire erupted outside.
Windows shattered.
Nora ducked.
Dominic pulled her behind the wall.
Elena drew two pistols.
“Stay down!”
The mansion exploded into chaos.
Guards returned fire.
Bullets tore through curtains.
Glass rained across the floor.
Dominic grabbed Nora and moved her toward the service corridor.
“We're leaving.”
“What about Elena?”
“She can handle herself.”
Elena fired twice.
“I'm offended.”
They ran.
Halfway down the corridor, Nora noticed blood on Dominic's shirt.
“You've been hit.”
“Not mine.”
He pushed open a hidden door.
Behind it was a tunnel.
Nora stared.
“You have a tunnel?”
Dominic looked at her.
“Everyone should have one.”
They descended.
At the bottom, Elena joined them.
She was breathing hard.
“Marco knows about Nora.”
Dominic looked at her.
“How?”
Elena shook her head.
“He has someone inside this house.”
Nora remembered the medication.
The footsteps.
The red thread.
“There is.”
Dominic looked at her.
“You know who?”
“No.”
May you like
She swallowed.
“But I know how we're going to find them.”
