Chapter 4 - The Ambush
The deafening sirens continued to echo through the massive corridors of the Brooks estate.
My father calmly instructed the security chief to lock down the medical wing and activate the steel blast doors.
I held Leo tightly against my chest as the heavy metal panels slid into place over the reinforced windows.
We were entirely sealed inside an impenetrable safe room, completely isolated from the chaos erupting outside.
I opened my laptop and connected directly to the estate's external surveillance network.
I expected to see the brutal syndicate members storming our beautiful manicured lawns.
Instead, I watched a team of highly trained military mercenaries advancing with terrifying tactical precision.
They were systematically disabling my father's security cameras and taking down his elite guards.
I frantically scanned the surveillance feeds to identify the man leading this highly coordinated assault.
A tall figure stepped out of an armored transport vehicle, clutching a heavy assault rifle in his hands.
It was Dominic, completely desperate and driven to the absolute edge of madness.
He had somehow tracked the unique IP address I used to hack into his corporate servers.
He was screaming demands into a megaphone, ordering my father to surrender me and the baby immediately.
Dominic foolishly believed he could trade Leo to the syndicate in exchange for his pathetic life.
My father watched the screen and let out a dark, menacing chuckle that sent a shiver down my spine.
He pulled a secure communication device from his pocket and issued a single, ruthless command to his sniper team.
Gunfire erupted across the lawn, dropping three of Dominic's hired mercenaries in a matter of seconds.
Dominic panicked and dove behind a marble fountain, completely abandoning his men in a cowardly display of fear.
I zoomed the camera in on the remaining mercenaries and noticed a strange detail on their uniform patches.
The insignia did not belong to any local private security firm.
I ran the logo through my father's intelligence database and gasped at the shocking result.
The mercenaries had not been hired by Dominic or the violent loan sharks.
They were officially employed by a rival international corporation with deep ties to my family's past.
I quickly checked Dominic's phone records and found a massive outgoing wire transfer made just hours ago.
Natalie had secretly sent the exact coordinates of our estate to the mercenaries using Dominic's personal device.
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Natalie was not just a greedy mistress playing the role of an innocent family friend.
She was a highly trained corporate espionage agent working directly for the syndicate all along.
