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Author: Namiko Aris
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Alessandro’s POV

Blood was still warm beneath my hands.

I knelt in the east hallway, pressing hard into the wound in Luca’s shoulder. The bullet had gone clean through, centered, but no exit damage. It appears to be a professional shot. Intentional and calculated, not exactly meant to kill.

“Hold pressure,” I said, snapping at the guard behind me. “Don’t let him pass out.”

Luca’s breath hitched, his chest rising and falling in uneven gasps. Sweat clung to his skin, and his eyes fluttered open briefly.

“She… wasn’t the target,” he rasped.

I leaned closer. “Then who was?”

His lips moved, but nothing came out, then his head moved sideways. He passed out unconscious.

“Damn it,” I muttered under my breath, yanking a cloth from the guard and tying it tight around the wound. Blood soaked through instantly. My sleeves were already drenched.

The medic on my payroll finally arrived, white coat flapping as he dropped beside us with his kit. He didn’t need orders. He’d seen this kind of damage b
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