THE MAFIA'S PRICE
he snarled, raising the barrel higher.
But Dante's men materialized from the shadows, hidden all along, rifles trained. The hall erupted in controlled chaos: shouts, scuffles as they swarmed Alexei's few remaining thugs. Punches landed, guns clattered to the floor, zip ties snapping around wrists. Alexei fought like a cornered animal, elbowing one man, kicking another, but they overpowered him, forcing him to his knees alongside his men. His gun was wrenched away, leaving him disarmed, humiliated.