The Bride He Refused to Lose
Matteo shouted over the thunderous roar of the automatic weapons.
Deep within the subterranean levels beneath the mansion...
Lorenzo tracked a fresh, heavy trail of combat boot footprints pressed into the white drywall dust coating the service floor. The tracks led directly to a hidden, industrial hydraulic elevator shaft.
The reinforced steel doors were actively sliding shut, the pneumatic seal hiss beginning to engage.
Without a single millisecond of cognitive hesitation, Lorenzo thrust his scarred right arm directly into the narrowing gap. The safety sensors tripped, the heavy steel doors halting their momentum with a harsh mechanical screech before slowly resetting open.