The Bride He Refused to Lose
The group descended the narrow, stone-carved steps with extreme caution, their tactical lights illuminating the damp walls as the air grew progressively colder, freezing their breath into white plumes.
The staircase eventually gave way to a massive, reinforced underground concrete vault bunker. Placed directly in the center of the subterranean chamber were dozens of heavy wooden shipping crates, each one meticulously branded with the original, double-headed wolf of the Dimitri family crest.
Matteo quickly drew his combat knife, leveraging the blade to pry the rusted iron nails from the nearest crate. The lid popped off with a sharp crack, but his confident smile vanished the moment he looked