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CHAPTER 35

Auteur: Swiwi
last update Date de publication: 2026-09-07 00:06:25

THE STRONGHOLD

SALVATORE’S POV

The third location is the one that matters. I know it the moment my men report back, quiet and certain in a way the first two reports weren’t, a warehouse on the industrial edge of Dario’s old territory, more guards posted than the building’s stated.

“That’s it,” I say, and don’t need Nico to confirm it. I can feel it, the same way I could feel, years ago, exactly which room in my own childhood house had gone wrong the night my parents died, some old, terrible ins
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