Chapter 72. First Hit On Target

Author's POV

The grand hall was draped in golden chandeliers, the dim lighting casting a soft glow over the elegantly dressed guests.

A hum of conversation filled the air, but it slowly began to die down as Adeline stepped toward the center, microphone in hand.

Her heels clicked against the marble floor with purpose, yet her grip tightened subtly around her brother Vladimir’s arm.

He stood beside her and his expression was composed, but she could feel the tension in him - the slight hesitation beneath his otherwise fearless exterior.

Adeline inhaled deeply, scanning the faces before her. Bianca—her mother, the witch who had tainted their family name.

Leonardo—the man her mother had betrayed them with. Isabella, Francesco, Christian, Aurora, Rose, Braxton, Aaron, Kiara, Angelina—the woman Adeline had pitied, clueless to the fact that her own husband had been sleeping with Bianca.

Alessandra Morelli—the matriarch of the Morelli fam