Chapter 14 - The Breach
The attack began precisely at eleven o'clock that night, just as a massive blizzard rolled off Lake Michigan.
The heavy snowfall blinded the exterior security cameras, rendering the estate's million-dollar surveillance system completely useless.
Vincent strapped a Kevlar vest over his dress shirt and handed Camille a fully loaded tactical shotgun.
He kissed her fiercely, making her promise to stay locked inside the underground vault with Adeline no matter what she heard.
The first explosion rocked the eastern wing of the mansion, blowing out the reinforced windows in the grand library.
Dozens of Russian operatives poured through the breach, moving with terrifying, silent precision.
Vincent and Elias led the counter-attack, catching the intruders in a deadly crossfire in the main hallway.
The marble floors quickly ran red with blood as the Castellano men fought desperately to defend their home.
Despite their fierce resistance, the Russians kept coming, overwhelming the defenders with sheer numbers and heavy weaponry.
Vincent took a grazing bullet to his thigh, but the adrenaline pumping through his veins kept him on his feet.
He realized too late that the frontal assault was nothing but a bloody distraction.
A secondary blast echoed from deep within the basement, right near the entrance to the underground vault.
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Lena Morales had given them the blueprints to the old prohibition tunnels that connected directly to the safe room.
Vincent screamed Camille’s name and sprinted toward the basement stairs, ignoring the heavy gunfire tearing through the walls around him.
