Chapter 9 - FIRE AND BONE
I scrambled over to Chloe, slicing through her restraints with my surgical shears. "Come on, sweetie, we have to go!" I pulled her toward the exit just as Lorenzo managed to land a brutal punch on Dominic’s wounded shoulder.
Dominic gasped, faltering for a split second. Lorenzo shoved him off, raising his gun.
"Dominic!" I screamed.
Dominic rolled, sweeping Lorenzo’s legs out from under him. As Lorenzo hit the ground, his gun skittered across the floor. Dominic didn't hesitate. He pulled his own sidearm and fired twice into his brother's chest.
Silence fell over the warehouse, broken only by Dominic’s ragged breathing. Lorenzo lay still, his eyes wide and vacant. The traitor was dead.
Dominic slowly pushed himself up, clutching his bleeding chest. He looked at the body of his brother for a long, silent moment, mourning the family he had lost, before turning his eyes to me. I ran to him, catching him as his knees finally gave out.
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"You came back," he whispered against my hair, his arms wrapping tightly around my waist.
"I told you," I sobbed, pressing my face into his neck. "I don't walk away."
