Chapter 10 - Vincent Tried To Save The Alliance
Vincent arrived at the estate with attorneys and advisers.
Alessandro met him in the library.
No weapons on the table.
No theatrical threats.
Vincent proposed keeping the engagement intact publicly for six months.
Then ending it quietly.
Alessandro refused.
Vincent warned that business agreements could collapse.
“Then renegotiate them as business agreements.”
“You think the world works that cleanly?”
“No.”
Alessandro leaned forward.
“But I’m done using women and children as contract language.”
Vincent’s expression hardened.
“You sound sentimental.”
“Maybe.”
The meeting ended without agreement.
For several tense weeks, shipments were delayed.
Partners became nervous.
Old rivals tested boundaries.
But war did not erupt.
That mattered.
Both families had spent years claiming marriage was the only thing
preventing bloodshed.
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It turned out men could also choose not to kill one another.
The discovery was embarrassingly simple.
