Chapter 12 - Alessandro Protects Sophie From A Deadly Ambush
The bodyguards hauled a wounded man out from the shadows behind the munitions crates. He wore a dark security uniform identical to the ones worn by the staff upstairs at L’Étoile Noir.
Blood stained the front of his shirt where a round had caught him cleanly in the shoulder. "Who sent you?" Alessandro demanded, pressing his boot onto the man's chest with lethal pressure.
The wounded guard coughed up dark blood, offering a weak, defiant smile as he looked up at the mob boss. "You're too late, Moretti... the federal prosecutor signed off on the transfer hours ago," he wheezed.
"What federal prosecutor?" Alessandro pressed, leaning down until his face was inches from the dying man. "Marcus Vance... he runs Black Star from the inside of the Department of Justice," the guard spat out.
Before Alessandro could extract any more names, the man's eyes rolled backward, and his head slumped against the floor. He was gone, taking his final secrets into the grave with him just as my father had years ago.
"Marcus Vance," I repeated the name, feeling a cold dread wash over my entire body. "He's the federal attorney who personally prosecuted my father's embezzlement case in federal court."
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"Which means the entire United States justice system has been weaponized by this syndicate," Alessandro realized grimly. He stood up, running a hand through his dark hair as sirens began to wail faintly in the distance.
"The police are coming, but they aren't here to save us," Alessandro said, grabbing my arm. "Vance sent them to clean up the cellar and eliminate every witness."
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