Chapter 1398

Jeffrey muttered, "A shame. She was promising."

Pulling a blanket over Debra's face, he turned to Juan. "The four families will retaliate now that she's dead. Clean this up."

"How?"

"Burn her. Suppress the news of her death. Let no word leak tonight."

Without hesitation, Juan strode to the bedside, flicked open a lighter, and set the curtains ablaze. Flames crawled hungrily across the sheets, engulfing the figure beneath the blanket. Only when fire fully consumed the body did Jeffrey nod and exit.

At dawn the next day, Melody's funeral procession began.

the mist-shrouded gates. The air

tore through a pallbearer's chest before anyone

Houston!"

from the fog, his forces fanning out behind him. Bullets rained down as the remaining bearers collapsed. The Nichols family guards rushed

well. Fresh waves of armed men poured from the estate, meeting

his fifth-floor vantage point, Jeffrey watched dispassionately Their enemies might have the- number, but they had enough

at

going down,"

forward through the hail of bullets

Marion's pistol snapped up instantly. The shot

resolve," Jeffrey remarked, unshaken. "But

is she?"

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