2025-04-24 21:18:46Dino tightened his fists, his breath steady as he crouched behind an overturned car. The night air smelled of gasoline and sweat.
They had been cornered by Alejandro's men in an abandoned warehouse near the port. Five men armed to the teeth. They weren’t leaving anything to chance this time. “Elena, stay low,” Dino whispered. Her pulse pounding in her ears. Elena nodded. The warehouse had become a battlefield. A shot rang out, sparking off the metal near Dino’s head. He moved. He rolled forward in a blur, grabbed a rusted metal pipe, and struck one of the gunmen across the jaw. The man crumpled before he could even react. The others turned. Another shot. Dino twisted. He didn’t stop despite feeling a burning pain across his upper arm as a bullet grazed him. He lunged at the next man, slamming his knee into his gut, then cracking his elbow against his skull. Two down. Three to go. Dino ducked as a thug charged, swinging a crowbar, grabbed the man’s wrist, and yanked. The crowbar clattered to the ground as Dino delivered a brutal kick to the knee. The man screamed. Then the lights cut out. A sudden hush fell over the warehouse. Elena gasped. “Dino?” He whispered. ”I'm here.” The battlefield was engulfed in darkness, turning it into a guessing game. Echoes of footsteps were heard, but it was impossible to tell where they came from. Dino reached for Elena’s hand. “Stay behind me.” Another gunshot. A lighter flicking open. A spark illuminated the shadows. Alejandro’s voice. Cold. Cruel. Confidence. “Hermano, you can’t run forever.” --- His men had failed him again. Alejandro leaned against a stack of crates, watching the flame from the lighter dance between his fingers. Dino was better than he expected. Not just a former actor. A fighter. A survivor. Now a problem. But everyone had limits. Alejandro smirked. “Burn it.” He closed the lighter with a snap and turned to one of his remaining men. The thug hesitated. “Boss?” His smile didn’t waver. “Set the whole place on fire. Let’s see how well my dear brother fights when the walls are melting around him.” The thug nodded and tossed a Molotov cocktail. The glass shattered. Fire erupted. --- Flames surged, licking at the walls. Smoke curled toward the ceiling, filling the warehouse with thick, suffocating heat. Dino grabbed Elena’s arm. “We need to move now.” They were running out of time. A metal beam groaned overhead, the fire eating away at the supports. Dino sprinted, dodging falling debris, his grip tight on Elena’s wrist. A bullet slammed into a crate inches from them. Dino whirled, shielding Elena as another thug advanced, gun raised. Too close. Dino lets go of Elena, steps forward, grabs the man’s arm, twisting it at an unnatural angle. The gun fired wildly before clattering to the floor. With a brutal blow, Dino knocked the man unconscious. Elena grabbed the fallen gun. Her hands shook, but she held it steady. The fire spread fast, cutting off their exit. The loading bay was their only way out. And Alejandro was waiting. --- “Brave, Dino. Very brave.” Alejandro smirked as he stood by the warehouse doors, as the fire cast his shadow against the wall. Dino stepped forward, fists clenched. Alejandro chuckled. “But foolish.” He pulled a gun from his coat and aimed it directly at Elena. Dino froze. Alejandro’s smirk widened. He had won. --- A gunshot rang out. Elena screamed. In the blink of the moment, she thought of her father, hoping he is still alive. Dino’s world tilted. One of them was hit. But who?
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One Year Later—The ArenaLoud cheering sounds in the background like a tidal wave. Inside the brightly lit MMA arena in Rome, the crowd was in a state of euphoria, chanting one name with fervor.“LU-CI-A-NA!!”In the cage, one glove raised in triumph. Luciana stood victorious, sweat gleaming on her brow. Her opponent lay sprawled behind her, the referee already waving off the fight. It had taken just under two minutes.Dino grinned in the front row, clapping with pride, while Elena leaned over the rail, her voice nearly hoarse from cheering. Capello was beside them, grumbling about his knees but with unmistakable pride shining in his eyes.“She’s unstoppable,” Elena said.“She’s her own fire now,” Dino replied. “I just taught her to control it.”Reporters crowded near the cage, cameras flashing. But Luciana only searched the crowd for her brother and sister-in-law. When she spotted them, she gave a wink and raised both fists.She had made it.No longer the girl hidden in shadows. No l
Chapter 151
The sun had long dipped below the Milan skyline, leaving a blanket of twilight stars overhead. A soft breeze carried the distant hum of city life, but up here — on the rooftop where everything had begun — the world was still.Elena stood near the ledge in a simple, elegant ivory gown. Her hair was loosely pinned, strands gently swaying in the wind. There was no crowd. No extravagant display. Just the city, the sky, and the man she had chosen.Dino stepped beside her, dressed in a tailored black suit. His hand found hers.They had decided on a private ceremony, witnessed only by Capello, Luciana, Isabella, and Tomiwa. No altar, no press, no pretenses — just truth and love.A string quartet played softly nearby, while a close family friend — a retired priest who once aided Capello in the darkest times — officiated. His voice trembled as he spoke the final words.“By the power vested in me, and witnessed by the heavens, I pronounce you husband and wife. Dino, you may kiss your bride.”Di
Chapter 150
The clouds over Milan had cleared.It wasn’t just the sky that seemed brighter — it was the city itself. The streets felt calmer. The fear that had long loomed like a silent shadow had lifted. The fall of the Sanchez cartel and Alejandro’s death had created a ripple effect across the continent. Rival cartels went underground. Smaller factions folded. Interpol had turned its attention to cleanup. And the public, after years of silent dread, finally breathed free.Dino stood on the edge of a terrace overlooking the piazza below. Beside him, Capello poured two glasses of wine, handing one to Dino.“Still no appetite for celebration?” Capello asked.Dino gave a half-smile. “Peace doesn’t need fireworks. Just quiet.”Capello nodded. “We’re finally in the clear, son. Elena’s safe. Isabella and Luciana are finally sleeping without one eye open.”Dino turned slightly. “Luciana… she’s been different. Focused. Restless.”Capello smirked. “She’s already started training again. Told me she wants
Chapter 149
The night crackled with tension.From the rooftop of the tactical command center on the edge of Milan, Dino peered through a set of night-vision binoculars. Below him, the city buzzed with the nervous anticipation of an underworld on its last breath. What remained of Alejandro’s faction — loyalists, assassins, and ex-cartel enforcers — had taken up positions in a final, desperate attempt to reclaim what had been lost.Dino’s voice was steady in the comms. “All units, lock targets. No room for mercy. End it here.”Inside the heavily fortified safe house, Elena sat beside Isabella and Luciana. The women watched the live feed through encrypted Interpol channels. Every screen displayed Dino’s men — armored, precise — moving through alleyways and strongholds, flushing out Alejandro’s remnants one by one.“Dino’s got this,” Elena whispered, almost to herself. Her heart pounded.Two blocks away, chaos erupted.Tomiwa, now Dino’s trusted right hand, led the assault on one of the last safehous
Chapter 148
The cold iron gates of the Interpol facility in Milan clanged shut with a finality that echoed through Alejandro's very soul. The once-dreaded heir of the Central Genoa Cartel now found himself flanked by guards, stripped of weapons, status, and the arrogance that used to walk into rooms before him.He bore bruises and blood on his face, but his pride clung to him like a second skin. Even in chains, Alejandro Sanchez walked with the poise of a man who still believed he was untouchable.Inside his high-security glass containment, monitored 24/7, Alejandro sat in silence as they processed his intake. Biometrics. Retinal scans. Voice samples. No loopholes. No escape.But his mind wasn’t on the facility. It was on the betrayal. The collapse. Dino’s rise. And worst of all — Isabella’s silence.He muttered under his breath, “You’ll all regret this.”In a maximum-security prison far from Alejandro’s cage, Sanchez — the deadliest drug lord and patriarch of the Sanchez family — faced a very di
Chapter 147
The Corsican sky bled grey as Dino's jet sliced through the dawn mist, silent like a hunter. Beneath the clouds, Alejandro’s once-proud fortress sat perched on the cliffs above the sea — a sprawling estate surrounded by dense pine forests, private guards, and desperation.Inside the cockpit, Dino sat still, helmet in hand, gaze fixed on the horizon. The mission wasn’t a raid. It was personal.Renata’s voice crackled in his earpiece.> “Teams Alpha and Delta are in position. No sudden moves. If Alejandro so much as breathes on that failsafe drive, we abort.”“Understood,” Dino replied.But he wasn’t planning on aborting. Not this time.In the heart of the Corsican compound, Alejandro paced.His hair was longer now, jaw clenched, veins bulging as he barked orders into a satellite phone.“I don’t care what it costs. Secure the secondary vault. Get the servers packed. We’re moving everything to the Austrian fallback site within the hour.”Adrian entered, his face pale. “Interpol scrambled
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