Chapter 8 - the battle in the dark
"This council recognizes Lady Sophia Moretti!" Don Carmine announced, tapping his wooden gavel against the table. "And for his treason, Dante Russo is sentenced to life in a federal holding facility under Moretti custody!"
Lorenzo Russo stood up abruptly, his eyes wild with desperate rage. "You think you can strip my family of our claim, Moretti?! This city belongs to the Russos!"
Before the guards could react, Lorenzo pressed a hidden transmitter inside his coat pocket!
Instantly, a loud explosion rocked the outer perimeter gates of the estate, plunging the entire mansion into pitch-black darkness as the main power grid was severed!
Automatic gunfire erupted from the grand foyer as twenty armed Russo mercenaries, who had been hiding in the outer tree line, breached the glass doors!
"Protect the heiress!" Marco roared over the chaos!
Adrian moved like a dark shadow in the dim emergency lighting. He drew his heavy silver sidearm, stepping in front of Elena and Sophia, shielding them with his broad frame.
"Elena! Take Sophia to the panic room behind the study!" Adrian commanded over the sound of gunfire.
"I'm not leaving you, Adrian!" Elena cried out, grabbing a heavy bronze candlestick from the table and striking a mercenary who breached the side door, knocking the attacker unconscious!
Adrian looked at her with fierce, incredible admiration. "Good strike, beautiful! Now get to the study!"
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Titan let out a thunderous roar, lunging into the dark hallway, tearing through two incoming mercenaries with terrifying broad strength, clearing a path for Elena and Sophia!
Adrian advanced down the main staircase, clearing four mercenaries in five seconds flat with lethal, precise marksmanship, his dark presence dominating the battlefield like an invincible god of war.
