Chapter 7 - The Hostile Takeover
The sound of the kidnapper's voice over the intercom stopped my heart completely.
I screamed the names of my children and blindly ran toward the door in the dark.
Luca grabbed my arm in the pitch black, pulling me back with immense strength.
"Stay behind me," he ordered, his voice vibrating with lethal determination.
The backup emergency lights flickered on, bathing the hallways in an eerie red glow.
Evelyn had already slipped out of the study during the chaos.
"She set this up," I sobbed, struggling against Luca's protective grip.
"Her men are taking Leo and Mia."
Luca pulled a second weapon from his ankle holster and handed it to me.
"They are not leaving this property alive," he swore.
We moved tactically through the grand corridors of the mansion.
The bodies of Luca's loyal security guards were scattered across the marble floors.
Evelyn's mercenaries had infiltrated the estate perfectly.
We reached the grand staircase overlooking the main foyer.
Evelyn was standing by the front doors, holding a tablet computer.
Marcus, Luca's treacherous lawyer, stood beside her with a smug smile.
Four heavily armed men were holding my screaming twins by their tiny arms.
"Mommy!" Leo cried out, struggling against the massive mercenary.
"Let them go!" I screamed, raising my gun with shaking hands.
Luca stepped into view, his weapon locked onto Marcus's chest.
"You are a dead man, Marcus," Luca stated coldly.
Marcus laughed and tapped the screen of the tablet.
"Sign the digital transfer of Moretti Global, Luca, or I shoot the boy right now."
A mercenary pressed the barrel of a rifle against Leo's back.
My knees nearly gave out from sheer terror.
Luca did not hesitate for a single second.
He threw his gun onto the floor and raised his hands in surrender.
"Bring me the tablet," Luca commanded.
"I will sign everything."
Evelyn smiled triumphantly and walked up the stairs to hand him the device.
Just as she reached the top step, the massive glass skylight above the foyer shattered inward.
Several black ropes dropped down from the ceiling.
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Heavily armed tactical operators descended rapidly into the foyer, opening fire on the mercenaries.
Julian dropped from the last rope, firing an automatic weapon with deadly precision.
