All Chapters of Under the Sign of Danger: Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

The explosion’s roar still echoed in the air as Damien, dust-covered and his face twisted with panic and guilt, ran toward Elena and Luca, clutching the signal jamming device tightly. “It wasn’t a trap, I swear! Ryan forced me, but I couldn’t go through with it. I disabled the drone, blocked their communications. This is your only chance!” Luca had no time to judge him. Bullets already tore through the air. He turned to Elena, shouting: “South flank! Cover each other, no splitting up!” She nodded sharply, then fired two precise shots. Two of Ryan’s men fell. In the midst of the chaos, Elena felt everything slow down around her. The smell of gunpowder, the shouted commands, the strobing lights—all merged into an alternate reality where survival depended on every second. Ryan, back inside the plane, watched everything on backup monitors. His calm face was a cold mask, but his eyes betrayed frustration. “They underestimated Damien…” “What’s the plan, sir?” one of his men a

The hangar was awash in the harsh glare of flashing red and blue lights, but inside, the air was thick with silence—a silence so heavy it seemed to press against their chests, making every breath a labor. Luca and Elena sat slumped against a cold metal crate, their bodies battered and bruised, their clothes smeared with dust and soot. Around them, the hum of radios and the footsteps of special forces filled the space, but for a moment, they allowed themselves to just be. Luca’s eyes, usually sharp and fierce, were clouded with exhaustion and something deeper—something like grief. Elena noticed the subtle tremor in his jaw, the way his hands clenched into fists as he stared blankly ahead. “We did it,” Elena whispered, breaking the silence. Her voice was fragile, barely audible over the distant commotion. “Ryan is finally behind bars.” Luca’s nod was slow, almost reluctant. “Yeah… but it doesn’t feel like an ending,” he admitted. “Ryan was just one man. His network—the people he pulle

The arrest of The Broker was just the beginning. As the tactical team escorted him out under heavy guard, Luca and Elena felt a ripple of tension sweep through the city like the calm before a storm. Ryan’s empire was crumbling, but the silence that followed felt heavy and ominous—like the breath held before a plunge. Back at the safe house, Elena sank into a chair, the weight of exhaustion pressing down on her. “We’ve taken out one major player, but that only leaves a vacuum. Someone else will try to fill it. And from what we’ve seen, it won’t be anyone small.” Luca leaned forward, his face grim. “Exactly. When power shifts like this, the streets go wild. Old alliances break, new ones form. We need to be ready for anything, and we need to be faster.” Elena nodded, her mind racing. Her phone buzzed suddenly. She glanced at the screen — a message from Gabriel: “Activity near the old industrial zone. Looks like a new player is making moves.” The look they exchanged was tense. Their fi

The morning light barely penetrated the heavy blinds of the safe house, casting long shadows over the weary faces of Luca and Elena. The events of the past days had left scars deeper than the visible bruises—fractures in their trust, doubts seeded by betrayal, and an overwhelming sense that the ground beneath them was shifting. Luca sat at the worn wooden table, his fingers tracing the outline of a faded photograph. Elena watched him silently, her eyes scanning the room, alert to every creak and whisper. The silence between them was thick, filled with questions neither dared to voice yet. “We can’t keep going like this,” Elena finally broke the silence, her voice low but steady. “Ryan’s capture was just the beginning. His network still breathes, and now, with the explosion and the police closing in, things will only get worse.” Luca’s gaze lifted, meeting hers with a haunted intensity. “I know. But what worries me most isn’t what Ryan left behind. It’s what he managed to hide.” Ele

The dim light of dawn filtered through the cracked windows of the abandoned warehouse, casting long shadows across the room where Luca and Elena sat, bruised but resolute. The aftermath of their last mission still weighed heavily on them. Ryan was behind bars, but the network he commanded was far from dismantled. The enemy’s reach stretched into places they hadn’t yet uncovered, and the fight was far from over. Elena’s gaze was fixed on the map pinned to the wall, her finger tracing the routes and locations that remained unaccounted for. “They’re scattered, but organized. It’s like they’ve been waiting for this moment.” Luca rubbed his temple. “Ryan’s capture rattled them. They’re desperate, dangerous. They’ll strike back, maybe harder than before.” “We have to anticipate their moves,” Elena said, standing up and pacing. “The last thing we can afford is to be reactive.” Outside, the city was waking up. Sirens and distant chatter blended with the hum of early traffic, but inside the