Chapter 4 - Under Siege
Alarms screamed through the estate as smoke poured from the front lawn.
I grabbed my weapon and ordered my men into defensive positions.
Gunfire erupted from the tree line.
The Volkov syndicate had sent an army to my doorstep.
I ran upstairs to the panic room where Maria was hiding with Emma.
The little girl was crying, covering her ears from the noise.
I promised her I would be right back.
I joined Marco on the second-floor balcony.
We returned fire, taking down three men in tactical gear.
They were pushing hard toward the main doors.
Suddenly, the shooting stopped completely.
A man walked out from the smoke holding a phone in the air.
He shouted that he had Emma’s mother on the line.
He threw the phone onto the grass and stepped back.
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I aimed my rifle at his chest, but the phone’s speaker flared to life.
A woman's voice screamed my name, begging me not to trust Marco.
