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Chapter 7

Author: Peachy
Angelo's POV

Angelo tore toward the smoking Falcone estate.

The fire trucks hadn't arrived yet.

A few onlookers watched from a distance. Orange flames swallowed the entire second floor.

A wave of heat hit his face.

"Liliana!" he screamed from the doorway. "Liliana!"

No answer.

He didn't hesitate. He charged into the inferno.

The thick smoke choked him, blinding him, but he forced his way up the stairs.

The wooden steps groaned in the heat, ready to give way at any moment.

"Liliana! Where are you?"

He kicked down one door after another.

The study, the guest rooms, the storage closets—all empty. Finally, he reached Liliana’s bedroom.

The door was ajar.

The handle glowed a dull, angry red.

He wrapped his hand in his jacket and pushed.

A wall of fire roared out to meet him.

Everything in the room was burning.

But in the center of it, in front of the vanity, was the silhouette of a person.

A wheelchair, blackened by fire. And in the chair, a body, just as charred, sitting perfectl
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