Chapter 21 - A Lethal Threat At Dawn
Three days after the bloody night in the bunker, the estate had been thoroughly scrubbed of blood, betrayal, and lingering ghosts.
Little Leo was sleeping peacefully upstairs in his nursery, unaware of the war raging outside the high security stone walls.
I stood on the wide veranda overlooking Lake Michigan, wearing my engagement ring and watching the morning sun break over the horizon.
Ricardo walked up behind me, wrapping his warm arms around my waist and resting his chin gently on my shoulder.
“The Chicago commission has officially declared war on us for executing Dominic,” Ricardo murmured, his breath warm against my neck.
“Then we fight them together,” I replied without a single second of hesitation, turning around to look into his piercing eyes.
Ricardo smiled faintly, leaning down to press his lips against mine in a kiss that promised absolute protection and eternal doom.
Suddenly, a loud explosion rocked the outer perimeter gates, shattering the morning peace and sending thick black smoke billowing into the sky.
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As sirens wailed in the distance, my phone on the outdoor table buzzed violently with an incoming encrypted text message.
It contained a single live camera feed of my mother’s nursing home across town—and a crosshair centered directly on her window...
