Chapter 14 - Trapped in Bensonhurst
"Boss! We've got company!" Enzo shouted from the living room, returning fire through the shattered bay window.
Automated gunfire erupted from the street outside, spraying the front facade of the house with dozens of lead bullets.
Dante instantly covered Sophia with his body, forcing her down onto the hardwood floor behind the brick oven counter.
"How many?" Dante roared into his radio, pulling his weapon and checking the magazine with deadly efficiency.
"At least twenty guys! Lucchese family hit squad!" Enzo yelled back over the deafening noise of shattering brick.
"They followed us from the highway! They're flanking the back alley right now!"
Bullets tore through the kitchen walls, sending clouds of white plaster dust cascading down onto their heads.
Dante looked down at Sophia, his eyes burning with a wild, protective fury that took her breath away.
"Hold onto that ledger, Sophia!" he ordered, kissing her forehead hard before spinning around to fire down the hallway.
Two Lucchese gunmen burst through the back kitchen door, their weapons raised to spray the small room.
Dante fired four rapid shots, dropping both men instantly before they could even trigger their weapons.
"We need to move to the basement!" Dante yelled, grabbing Sophia’s arm and pulling her toward the cellar door.
"Enzo! Fall back to the basement! We hold the line from below!"
Sophia clutched the heavy leather ledger against her chest as they scrambled down the wooden stairs into the pitch dark.
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Dante slammed the heavy oak cellar door shut, sliding two heavy steel security bolts into place just as bullets slammed against the wood.
They were trapped in the dark basement of her childhood home, surrounded by an army of ruthless killers.
