Dante's bodyguards raised their weapons at once, with the two of us in the middle.At the sight of the standoff, Santo and Rosa screamed and ducked under the desk.Thomas's legs gave out, and he sat down hard on the floor.Tony, Paolo, and the rest of the crew huddled in a corner, trembling, all their swagger gone."Did you think my father sent men only into this office?" I kept my voice level. "By the time our men entered the building, half of them had sealed every exit. The crew you left outside was already cut off and surrounded."Lucio's expression changed as he strained to listen to the commotion outside.Outside, I heard weapons being racked, followed by short, muffled scuffles, a few screams, and then nothing at all.The doors opened again, and the bodyguards marched a few disarmed, bleeding South District soldiers into the room.Every man he'd stationed outside had been caught.The men in the room were animals in a cage.Lucio knew he'd reached the end of the road. He went for
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