Chapter 5 - BLOOD IN THE ALLEY

They burst through the kitchen loading dock into the freezing Chicago night. Two armed cleaners were already waiting in the alley. Lorenzo didn't hesitate. He moved with terrifying, predatory grace, disarming the first man and using him as a human shield against the second. Within seconds, both assassins lay motionless on the wet asphalt. Lorenzo turned to Evelyn, his impeccably tailored suit spattered with crimson. "Who exactly are you?" he demanded.