The comm screamed in Alessio’s ear. Static. Silence. Nothing else. Noa wasn’t answering. Noa wasn’t breathing. Noa was gone.Alessio shoved past Luca, ignoring the roar of collapsing beams, the spit of flame still crackling through the pit. His lungs burned, his pulse ricocheting through his skull as his boots slammed against the concrete, skidding to a stop just inches from the crumbling edge.“Noa!” His voice ripped out of him, raw, panicked, desperate.The smoke was thick, the pit buried in flaming debris, the ground a spider web of cracks that threatened to split at his feet.Luca’s hand caught his arm, dragging him back. “The floor’s going”Alessio shoved him off, fury snapping through his teeth. “I don’t give a fuck.”“Boss”“I don’t care!”Alessio’s heart thundered, his vision blurring as he dropped to his knees and bellowed into the ash, “Noa! You don’t get to leave me! You hear me? You don’t get to fucking leave me!”A faint cough crackled through the comm.Alessio’s heart jo
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