Chapter 16 - Descending Into The Concrete Bunker Beneath The Tracks
With a deafening crash of shattering glass, Lorenzo kicked through the reinforced window and vaulted directly into the conference room.
Bruno leaped through the shattered frame right behind him, letting out a ferocious, blood-curdling roar that shook the room.
The four syndicate guards whipped around in sheer panic, raising their weapons, but they were already dead men.
Lorenzo’s rifle barked twice in rapid succession, dropping two guards before they could even flick off their safety switches.
Mason and the assault team swarmed through the main doorway simultaneously, neutralizing the remaining two enforcers in a hail of disciplined gunfire.
The Greek syndicate boss dropped his pen, raising his hands in surrender as a cold barrel pressed firmly against his temple.
Lorenzo didn't bother looking at him; he rushed straight toward the chair where Isabella sat frozen in absolute disbelief.
“Lorenzo...?” she whispered, her voice cracking as tears spilled down her pale cheeks.
“I told you I’d find you,” Lorenzo said, using his tactical knife to slice through the plastic zip-ties binding her wrists.
Isabella threw her arms around his neck, burying her face in his chest as the terrifying nightmare of the past two months finally melted away.
Bruno squeezed between them, whining happily and wagging his tail as he licked Isabella’s hands.
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“You shouldn't have come here,” Isabella sobbed against his shoulder, gripping his lapels tightly. “It was a trap designed to draw you out.”
“I know,” Lorenzo murmured, kissing the top of her head as sirens began to wail in the distance. “That’s why I brought an army.”
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