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I waited behind a pile of trash bags heaped against one of the cement walls and waited. Three men trailed into the alleyway, talking in hushed tones about who had seen me last. I didn’t move. I hardly breathed as I waited for them to come right beside where I hid, and then I struck. I grabbed the first man’s extended arm and slammed it into my leg twice, allowing the gun to clatter to the ground.
I turned him before he could react and held him in a chokehold, jerking my arm up hard enough that a pop reverberated through the alleyway.
He went limp in my arms as both men aimed their guns at me, but neither pulled the trigger as I held their friend as a shield before me. I’d snapped his neck, but they still didn’t shoot. They wouldn’t.
I shoved his corpse into one of the men and engaged the other with a quick series of blows that had him disoriented. He fought back, both with a shot of his gun and his fists, but as he went to pull the trigger again, I side-stepped him and directed his armto aim at the second man. There wasn’t a single thing that could have prepared me for the shout of denial as the bullet flew into his friend’s chest.
It was quick work to dispatch him as he stared at his friend on the ground.
I didn’t give myself even a moment to think as I snatched one of their guns and filled it with excess bullets. I rushed back onto the street and looked around. I’d need to call Justin to clear all the security camera footage in the area, and if my calculations were right, the police would be here any minute.
I couldn’t linger.
I rushed back toward the car, surprised by how empty the streets had grown. There had been about a dozen men, and from my count, I’d killed more than I’d initially seen.
I rounded the car’s backseat, prepared to carry Sienna out of there and hold Bria in my arms. I could get them both far enough to call for an evac, and then we’d go home and set a plan. We’d send a goddamn army to break into Valentino’s house if that’s what it took to clear him from the map. After this, he deserved all the hell I would bring down on him.
It took me two long seconds of staring at the empty backseat to realize what I was seeing.
It took another second for me to shoot my gaze around the empty street.
“Bria,” I shouted. “Sienna.”
When nobody replied, I knew.
Sienna hadn’t woken up and carried Bria to safety. They weren’t there. There was only one reason why Valentino’s men would have left the scene, knowing I was vulnerable and alone out here.
They had what they wanted.
They had the two people I cared about most, and they knew I’d burn down the fucking city to get them back.
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“Don’t go in alone. His house is fortified with three times the patrols, Dante.Three times.I’ve got no internal visual on guards, and you’re going to get yourself killed.”
I didn’t care what Marquis thought. Not when Valentino had them both.
“My mind is made up. I’ll be at the main house in two minutes, and if there’s no backup here, I’ll do it alone.”
“Backup is eight minutes out,” Marquis shouted down the line. “Damn it, man. You’re going to get yourself killed.”
“I won’t let him keep them. If I get myself killed to get them out, so be it.”
“There’s a reason you’ve never gone into his home,” he argued. “Boss, you’re the one who keeps the show running. You can’t die.”
I didn’t bother arguing as I pulled up to his complex in a car Justin had delivered and slammed the door. I had four weapons tucked into my clothes, and I planned to use all of them.
I walked around the building once, taking in all the guards and stations before noting the most open side of the house and choosing it as my target.
Two guards stood on both corners of the house, and I eased around the shrubbery on one side, getting close enough to hear the man breathe before striking. He didn’t even lift an arm as I wrapped an arm around his neck and used the force of his entire body to snap his neck. The other guard shouted, but I raised a gun and fired.
Then, I strode right into the house through the back doors.
I’d kill them all. I’d take out every single one of them for touching Bria and Sienna, and then I’d show Valentino why people didn’t mess with me.
I heard the shot of a gun but felt nothing as I stormed into the house, aimed, and fired. My ears rang from the rage, and I stormed through the house, taking out everyone who moved. I didn’t care if it was a man or a woman. If they were in my sights—if they were working in this house—they deserved it.
I went through two firearms as I cleared room after room on my own. There were far fewer guards than expected, but I didn’t stop looking.
