บททั้งหมดของ A TALL HORNY STRANGER : บทที่ 71 - บทที่ 75

72INTO THE DARKARIAThe truth in my own words startled me.Because I could feel it happening.The fear was still there.But something else had begun growing beside it.Resolve.Luca saw it too.I could tell from the way his expression shifted slightly.And for the first time since I met him…He looked uncertain about what I might become next.***Luca didn’t answer me immediately.The silence stretched between us, heavy with tension and unspoken arguments. Outside the tall windows, the afternoon sky had begun to darken beneath gathering clouds, shadows creeping slowly across the estate as if the world itself was preparing for night.For war.Luca stood across from me with his arms folded, his expression unreadable again, though I could still see traces of that uncertainty lingering beneath the surface.Not fear.Never fear.But hesitation.And somehow, that felt even more dangerous coming from a man like him.“You’re serious,” he said finally.“Yes.”“You want to walk into a warehou

74THE DOCKSLUCAOld warehouses lined the waterfront like giant shadows, their rusted structures illuminated only by scattered streetlights and the distant glow of cargo ships out on the water.Stonehaven’s polished image disappeared here.This was the part of the city tourists never saw.The part that belonged to smugglers, traffickers, and men who preferred conducting business away from cameras.Luca had spent years navigating places exactly like this.And tonight, every instinct he possessed told him something was wrong.The convoy finally slowed near the end of a narrow side street.“There,” Dominic said quietly.Luca looked ahead.An old warehouse stood near the water, partially hidden behind stacks of shipping containers. Most of the building remained dark except for faint light spilling from a few upper windows.It looked abandoned.Which usually meant it wasn’t.The SUVs stopped.Rain tapped softly against the roof as Luca studied the building for several long seconds.“Therm