Chapter 9 - The Miracle
Glass rained down on the concrete floor like deadly hail.
Gabriel dropped through the broken skylight, suspended by a tactical harness.
Despite his severe chest wound, the enforcer unleashed a hail of suppressing fire.
Victor's men scrambled for cover, shouting in absolute panic.
Victor ignored the chaos and kept his weapon trained on my son.
He pulled the trigger, screaming with rage.
Gabriel swung across the room and took the bullet directly in his armored shoulder.
The impact sent Gabriel crashing into a stack of wooden crates.
Victor cursed and aimed his gun at me for a second shot.
Suddenly, a massive hand grabbed Victor by the ankle.
Victor looked down in sheer terror.
Sebastian Lombardi was not dead.
The paralytic drug should have kept him unconscious for at least an hour.
But fueled by pure adrenaline and twenty years of suppressed rage, Sebastian fought the chemicals.
He gripped Victor's leg with bone-crushing force and pulled the crime boss to the floor.
Sebastian did not just crawl toward his enemy.
He planted his hands on the concrete, his muscles bulging with impossible effort.
For the first time in two decades, the most feared man in Chicago stood up on his own two feet.
He towered over the terrified Victor, looking like an absolute god of war.
Sebastian delivered a devastating, brutal punch that shattered Victor's jaw instantly.
The rival boss collapsed into a broken, unconscious heap on the floor.
Sebastian swayed slightly, his legs trembling violently under the sudden weight.
I rushed forward and wrapped my arm around his waist to support him.
The remaining Moretti guards dropped their weapons and fled the building in terror.
We had actually won the war.
I looked up at Sebastian, tears of joy streaming down my face.
Suddenly, a high-pitched beeping sound echoed from Victor's unconscious body.
Sebastian reached into Victor's coat pocket and pulled out a digital detonator.
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A dead-man's switch had been released when Victor lost consciousness, triggering a massive bomb hidden in the warehouse walls.
The timer showed exactly thirty seconds.
