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Chapter 17: Pier 42
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2026-07-19 01:24:06
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The rain-slicked dock turned into a shooting gallery in a fraction of a second.Luca’s bullets found their targets instantly. The two enforcers standing closest to Cassio dropped to the wet timber before they could even lift their automatic weapons, their umbrellas tumbling across the pier into the dark sea."Kill her!" Cassio roared, throwing his massive frame backward toward the safety of the black SUV.Julia didn't wait for the order to clear. The moment Marco vanished through the floorboards, she dropped low, drawing her weapon and firing two rounds straight into the chest of the driver who was stepping out of the front seat. He collapsed against the horn, sending a loud, continuous blare echoing over the crashing waves.Inside the back of the SUV, the two remaining guards panicked. One of them reached across the seats, trying to pull the terrified Leo into his arms to use him as a human shield."Luca, cover the back!" Julia shouted, sprinting through the downpour toward the side
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The rain began to fall as the unmarked sedan tore through the industrial district, its wipers fighting a losing battle against the downpour. Julia sat in the passenger seat, staring at the digital clock on the dashboard.Thirty-four minutes remaining.Beside her, Luca handled the steering wheel with a calm that bordered on psychopathic. Sophia was left back at the mansion, locked safely inside the panic room with Julia's daughters under Victor's heavily armed guard."Cassio has spotters on the main access road to Pier 42," Luca said, his eyes scanning the rusted warehouses lining the shipping docks. "If my car gets within two blocks of that pier, the deal is off and the boy is dead.""Then you aren't going to the pier," Julia said, pulling a secondary, smaller leather-bound notebook from her purse. It wasn't Anthony's ledger—it was an old diary of her father's, filled with worthless, outdated shipping manifestos. "You're going to the water."Luca flicked his gaze toward her, a brow ra
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