Marked

Romario's POV

The explosion devastated Venita's men, and I felt a pang of pity for the innocent children caught in her quest for revenge. As I lay there, I felt hands shaking me, and I looked up to see my dad's face, his eyes filled with concern. "Mario, can you hear me?" he asked, and I managed to blink once in response. He smiled, relieved.

"Terrone, Leonardo is unconscious; we need to get him to the hospital," Jose said, worry etched on his face as he carefully lifted Leonardo into his arms. He placed him in the backseat of the car alongside the two rescued children.

"Mario, I'm going to move you now," my dad warned, his hands gently grasping my arms to pull me up. I let out a pained growl, my scream echoing through the air. "Some of our men lost their lives in the explosion, but Ken survived," my dad reassured me as I took in the grim scene around us - dead bodies everywhere. "That bitch really got us," I thought, my anger and pain simmering.

Dad placed me in the same car as Ken,