Chapter 21 - THE TAKEOVER OF THE BRIDGE
Before the operatives could reach for their rifles, Elena and Marcus had them pinned against the instrument panels at gunpoint.
"Don't move a muscle, or your next breath will be your last," Marcus warned in a low, gravelly, bone-chilling tone.
The lead operative stared at Marcus's tattoos and Elena's cold, dead eyes, realizing they had walked into an absolute buzzsaw.
"You're... you're the Sterling syndicate. The bosses told us you were just local businessmen," the operative stammered.
"Your bosses clearly failed their intelligence briefings," Elena replied, pressing the muzzle of her sidearm against his temple.
"Who hired you to target me in Manhattan?" Elena demanded, her voice dropping into a dangerous, icy register.
"It wasn't just one boss... it was a coalition of international cartels led by the general you betrayed in Berlin," the man confessed.
Marcus exchanged a quick, knowing glance with Elena, recognizing the name of a corrupt military official they thought dead.
"So the rat survived the Berlin bunker explosion," Marcus muttered, shaking his head with dark amusement.
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"He wants her head on a spike to reclaim his standing in the underworld," the operative whispered in absolute terror.
"Tell him his delivery is delayed indefinitely," Elena whispered back before knocking him unconscious with a single pistol whip.
