Chapter 11 - A Sudden Gunshot Echoes Through The Restaurant Cellar
A blinding flash of muzzle fire erupted from behind a stack of wooden munitions crates across the aisle. A deafening gunshot shattered the quiet cellar air, sending a copper jacketed bullet screaming past our heads.
The bullet struck a wine rack behind us, exploding heavy glass bottles into a shower of sharp shards. "Ambush! Get down!" Alessandro roared, throwing me violently to the concrete floor beneath the oak desk.
His bodyguards returned fire instantly, their submachine guns barking a staccato rhythm of lethal retaliation. Orange sparks flew off the concrete pillars as bullets ricocheted wildly through the confined underground space.
I curled into a tight ball beneath the desk, clutching the leather ledger against my chest to protect the evidence. "Are you hit, Sophie?" Alessandro shouted over the deafening roar of gunfire, crawling on his stomach toward me.
"I'm okay! Just keep the ledger safe!" I yelled back, my ears ringing from the concussive blasts. The shooting stopped as abruptly as it had started, leaving behind a thick cloud of cordite smoke and drifting dust.
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"Flank the left side! Move, move!" the lead bodyguard barked, advancing cautiously toward the back corner crates. A heavy groan echoed from behind the stacked crates, followed by the sound of a pistol clattering across the floor.
Alessandro stood up slowly, keeping his hand on his own concealed firearm as he crept forward through the smoke. I scrambled out from beneath the desk, following closely behind him with the ledger clutched in my trembling hands.
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