Chapter 20 - The Ultimate WarI rolled behind a towering stack of concrete blocks just as a hail of automatic gunfire chewed through the metal siding of the silo, sending sparks raining down like fireflies.
The Seven Circles weren't sending a message anymore. They had declared an open, brutal war.
I tapped my comms unit, my voice steady, ice-cold, and dripping with the absolute authority of a man who had nothing left to lose.
"Vance, get the convoy back to the estate immediately. Activate total lockdown protocol Omega."
"Boss, what about you?" Vance yelled over the sound of incoming fire.
"I'm going to hunt the sniper," I said, pulling a secondary magazine from my belt and slamming it into my pistol. "Tell Naomi to secure the children in the underground vault. If I'm not back by midnight... burn the records and protect my family at all costs."
I slipped out through the back exit of the silo, plunging into the dark, freezing waters of the Chicago River canal, swimming silently toward the opposite bank where the sniper’s muzzle flash had lit up the night.
The war for my empire was over.
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The war for my children had just begun.
And anyone who stood in my way was about to learn why the name Moretti was whispered in absolute terror across two continents.
