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CHAPTER 39: Quiet Before the Storm
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The first flight of stairs was uneventful. Boots hit the concrete in steady rhythm, the sound bouncing off the narrow walls of the stairwell. The air was still and slightly stale, smelling faintly of dust and the industrial cleaner used hours earlier. Sofia kept her breathing even, her senses stretched thin, reading every sound, every shadow. Something in her gut was off.She’d learned to trust that feeling—because the times she hadn’t, people had died.They rounded the first landing and started up the next set of stairs. Halfway up, the stairwell lights flickered once, twice, then cut out completely, plunging them into darkness.“Night vision,” Sofia ordered immediately, her voice low but commanding.In unison, they dropped their NV visors. The
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The hum of the transport’s engines was a low, steady thrum beneath their boots, the kind of sound that usually faded into the background after the first few minutes of flight. Tonight, the sound felt different—like a pulse counting down to something none of them could stop. It rattled faintly through the floor, through the metal frame of the seats, through the straps and buckles that held their weapons close.Sofia sat near the rear of the cabin, hands loose on her knees but mind coiled tight. Her gaze stayed fixed on the tactical map glowing on the wall beside the cockpit. The lines and shapes formed the path they were meant to take: drop two streets away from the target building, infiltrate through the service entrance, ascend to the private suite where Don Russo was believed to be staying, neutralise the target. The map was clean. Too clean. It didn’t account for shadows, for the unpr
The Mafia's Assassin (Don Russo) CHAPTER 39: Quiet Before the Storm
The morning air inside the compound was unnaturally still, as if even the walls were holding their breath. Sofia’s boots echoed against the polished concrete floor as she made her way toward Master Carlos’s office. Each step was measured, her expression neutral, but her mind was running through a dozen possibilities for how the mission could end. They were ready—or as ready as they could be after the breach—but readiness didn’t erase the unease curling in her gut.When she reached the reinforced door, Carlos’s voice called from inside. “Enter.”He was behind his desk, sharp eyes lifting from a spread of mission reports. Without looking up fully, he gestured for her to speak.“We’re ready,” Sofia said, her voice clipped but steady.Carlos’s gaze sharpened on her then, searching her face for hesitation. “Ready to take on Don Russo?” His tone carried neither approval nor doubt, just a cold measure of her resolve.“Yes,” she said without pause. “The squad’s prepared. Equipment is checked.
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The first thing Sofia registered was the rasp in her throat, dry and sharp like she’d swallowed sand. She swallowed once, then again, but the ache only deepened. Her eyelids felt like lead, reluctant to lift, yet the dull yellow glow above her drew her into consciousness whether she liked it or not. The ceiling was familiar—her quarters—but there was a wrongness to it. The hum of the air vent seemed louder than it should be, as if the sound was echoing inside her skull. Every muscle in her body ached as though she’d been put through ten rounds of training without rest.Fragments of memory came back to her in jagged, unwelcome flashes. The mission briefing. The first bite of dizziness. A shadow moving at the edge of her vision. Then the cold flood of something alien in her veins. And darkness.“You’re awake.”Her gaze shifted to the voice in the corner. Alex sat there, half in shadow, his elbows braced on his knees. He held a folded cloth in one hand and an unopened bottle of water in
The Mafia's Assassin (Don Russo) CHAPTER 37
Sofia awoke to the faint light of dawn creeping through the small window in her room, her body still aching but no longer burning with the searing pain from the capsule. The remnants of the drug lingered in her veins, leaving her weak, but she felt stronger than the night before. The haze that had clouded her mind had lifted, replaced by a sharp awareness of her surroundings.She shifted slightly in bed, her movements slow and deliberate. Her muscles protested with every effort, but she managed to sit up. As her eyes adjusted to the dim light, she noticed Alex sitting at the foot of her bed, slumped in a chair, his head resting against the wall. He must have stayed the entire night, she thought, her gaze softening for a brief moment.The exhaustion on his face was clear, even in his sleep. She didn’t want to wake him, but there were matters to attend to. They had lost precious time, and now they needed to prepare. Don Russo wasn’t going to wait for them to recover.With a quiet sigh,
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Alex kept his arm firmly around Sofia's waist as they made their way through the maze of corridors, his grip steady despite the turmoil swirling inside him. Sofia's breathing had become shallow, each step a clear strain as the effects of the capsule took full hold. She was trembling slightly, her body fighting against the drug that was sapping her strength.Sofia hated this. Every inch of her body ached with the betrayal of her own muscles, the burning sensation spreading like wildfire through her veins. She tried to focus on walking, to maintain some semblance of control, but each step felt heavier than the last. Her vision blurred, and she stumbled, her weight shifting precariously into Alex's arms."Easy," Alex murmured, tightening his grip to steady her. His voice was soft, but there was a tension there—worry he couldn’t hide."Don't... don't treat me like I'm helpless," Sofia muttered, her voice weaker than she intended. She didn’t want him, or anyone for that matter, to see her l
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