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Bethany Bell

The unexpected bid

Mateo Moretti has attended dozens of auctions like this—private, discreet, dressed in wealth and curated respectability. This one unfolds on a secluded Greek island, far from mainland law and closer to the kind of power that thrives in shadows. Politicians sip champagne beside oligarchs. Crime families murmur behind polite smiles. Civilized men bidding on things that should never have a price. Mateo arrives with members of the Spanish syndicate, suit immaculate, expression unreadable. He is here