Chapter 5 – The First Shot
Chapter 5 – The First Shot
Three days later...
Elena picked Noah up from school.
For the first time in months...
The little boy spoke.
Barely above a whisper.
"Are we safe?"
She smiled through tears.
"Yes."
She believed it.
Until a black van screeched across the intersection.
Masked men jumped out.
Anthony shoved Elena behind a parked car.
Gunfire exploded through the street.
Parents screamed.
Children ran.
Noah disappeared into the chaos.
"NOAH!"
Elena's voice echoed across the block.
Vincent's convoy arrived seconds later.
He sprinted toward the battlefield without hesitation.
Bullets struck the pavement around him.
Then...
He saw one masked kidnapper dragging Noah toward the van.
Vincent pulled his pistol.
One shot.
The kidnapper collapsed.
But the van sped away—
with Noah still inside.
Vincent stood in the middle of the smoking street, staring after it.
His jaw tightened.
Then he gave the order that would plunge Chicago's underworld into open war.
"Burn every Romano business to the ground."
Anthony nodded.
"Every one?"
Vincent never took his eyes off the disappearing van.
"Until they bring the boy home."
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End of Chapter 5
To be continued…
