Chapter 26 - Confession in the Shadows
Inside the dim warehouse, under the flickering glare of fluorescent lights, Victor Sterling was frantically trying to wipe the server data on a metal desk. He never anticipated the Moretti empire could counterattack with such terrifying speed and precision. As the server room door burst open, Victor scrambled for his weapon, but a perfectly placed shot from Elias shattered the gun in his hand. Luca stepped forward, his massive, muscular frame towering over the final leader of Obsidian. He didn't pull the trigger immediately. The blinding rage of a father who had watched his little girl paralyzed for three years boiled in his veins, but the gentle image of Hannah in his mind held him back. "You think a syringe can terrorize my family, Victor?" Luca roared, his massive hand gripping the criminal's collar, lifting him clean off the floor. "Your father tried to burn my life to the ground, and the price he paid was permanent erasure. You will face a fate worse than death." Victor struggled, sheer, unadulterated terror filling his eyes as he looked directly into the face of Chicago's true underworld devil.
