“He didn’t say,” she replied. “He sounded terrified. He said Alvaro’s security team was already on their way there.”

My phone vibrated in my pocket, the sharp buzz startling us both.

I pulled it out.

The screen lit up with a notification from the encrypted network.

The video file of the triplets was fully processed and ready to be sent.

Beside it, the transfer contract was formatted, waiting for Alvaro’s digital signature to release the files.

I had to send it now, before Alvaro’s men could secure the Sarrià house and find the documents that could clear Lucía.

I sat down at the small desk and opened my laptop, connecting to the secure hotspot on my burner phone.

“What are you doing?” Lucía asked, stepping closer.

“I am going to give Alvaro an choice,” I said.

I attached the video of our sleeping children to the encrypted email.

Beneath it, I uploaded the digital transfer document for his seventy percent stake in Horizonte Capital.

I typed a brief, cold message.

*You have one hour to sign this over to my holding company.*