The Billionaire's Intern (Maya Thompson) novel Chapter 440

Chapter 194: Blood Against Blood-1

The basement smelled of iron and wet stone.

Marco Greco smiled, and the taste was rust.

The copper crust on his lip snapped when they’d dragged him down the stairs, fresh red leaking over a jawline gone grey and hard.

He was lashed to a metal chair-wrists bound, ankles locked, one eye already clouding into a purple knot.

He didn’t look like a victim. He looked like a man critiquing the service.

Across from him, Viktor Volkov sat, watching the show.

The single overhead light cut a sharp cone between them, the rest of the room swallowed in shadow.

“You’re tougher than I expected,” Volkov said. His voice was mild, almost bored.

Marco rolled his jaw. It clicked, a dull spike of pain. He grinned anyway, his eyes fixed on the man

who shared half his blood and all of his father’s fortune.

“Thought you’d be louder,” Marco shot back. “For a man who just got embarrassed.”

Viktor leaned into the light, his shadow stretching long against the concrete. “Embarrassment is

for mistakes, Marco. Treason is a business decision. I simply didn’t think yours would be so cheap.

Marco spat a glob of thick, rusted red onto the floor. “Not cheap. Just overdue. I’ve been playing second chair to a ghost’s favorite son my entire life. I just finally decided to get paid for my work

and take what’s mine.”

Viktor laughed, a sharp, genuine sound that echoed off the damp concrete like he’d just heard a

punchline.

“That’s bold! Quite impressive!” Viktor leaned forward, the light finally catching the predatory edge in his eyes.

“You’re a stray, a half-blood mistake who doesn’t even carry the name. You’re the help that forgot its place. Tell me does the help really think it gets to sit at the table, or are you just happy to beg for the scraps I drop?”

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