Chapter 83 - the bleeding docks

tessa never waited for her enemies to strike first. if dante wanted the brooklyn shipping docks, she would personally deliver him a message he would never forget. the freezing midnight rain lashed against the harbor as tessa and gabriel arrived in a fleet of black armored vehicles. the docks were eerily silent. the massive cargo containers cast long, terrifying shadows across the wet concrete. gabriel stepped out first, his tactical weapon drawn, his senses sharpened to absolute, lethal perfection. he motioned for his elite security team to fan out and secure the perimeter. suddenly, the blinding floodlights of the shipping yard violently shattered. the area plunged into absolute darkness. deafening, suppressed gunfire erupted from the rooftops of the surrounding warehouses. dante’s heavily armed mercenaries had set a massive, deadly ambush. "fall back to the vehicles!" gabriel roared over the radio, providing flawless covering fire. he shielded tessa with his own body as bullets sparked against the armored doors. the sicilian cartel had severely underestimated the rossi family's firepower, but the trap was highly sophisticated.
👉 can gabriel and tessa escape the deadly crossfire in the dark?