Chapter 11 - Protecting Wren From The Corporate Predators Outside
Maren didn't hesitate, grabbing Wren’s hand and sprinting toward the reinforced steel panic room hidden behind the bookshelf.
"What's happening, Mommy?" Wren asked, her eyes wide with sudden panic as the heavy metal door swung open.
"We're just playing a hide-and-seek game, sweetie," Maren lied smoothly, crouching down inside the secure chamber.
Luca slammed the heavy vault door shut from the outside, throwing the mechanical locking bolts with a resounding thud.
He drew his sidearm, taking cover behind the marble kitchen island as the private elevator doors chimed in the foyer.
The elevator doors slid open smoothly, revealing two masked men holding silenced automatic submachine guns.
"You picked the wrong family to cross, Luca," one of them hissed, raising his weapon toward the living room.
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Luca didn't wait, firing two precise shots that shattered the overhead light fixture and plunged the foyer into darkness.
The intruders returned fire, spraying bullets across the glass windows and expensive furnishings of the luxury penthouse.
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