Elodie kept her composure, eyes fixed on the sports car blocking the road.

By now, she was almost certain this was a deliberate interception.

"This isn't good," muttered her colleague beside her, a tall Black man who suddenly frowned. "I recognize the guy standing in front. He's a notorious boss in this area-connected to one of the Italian families."

Elodie's brow furrowed. There were more than enough men on the other side, and their exact motive was still unclear.

And someone who drove a car that expensive-were they after money?

Probably not.

"We have firearms, right?" Elodie glanced at the car doors. All locked.

She couldn't shake the feeling that these people were more dangerous than the mortars they'd escaped earlier.

"We do," her colleague replied, "but if we go toe-to-toe with them... I don't like our chances."

Elodie got the message. There was little hope of getting away clean today.

Just then, the door of the sports car opened.

A man stepped out-mid-thirties, classic European features, but striking in his

His expensive clothes set him apart

he appeared, her colleague's eyes widened. "Is that someone from

to him, puzzled. "The Quinn

nothing about the criminal underworld

Their reach is far, and

here...?" Sweat broke out

become

phone tightly, anxiety twisting

dead zone

wait," her colleague said quietly.

expression

out what was being said outside. She only saw the so-called Quinn family man, his expression

Not good.

then she saw

of sight,

the white man

that made her skin crawl His green eyes glittered as he rapped on the glass,

were stretched

day had already veered off script, but these men-the danger they exuded was something else

She stayed put.

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