Chapter 17 - The Unexpected Traitor
Doña Elena stood in the doorway, her chest heaving, the heavy shotgun smoking in her withered hands. She had eliminated two mercenaries, but Hector Vance was already up, his gun raised directly toward Lucía’s back.
"Lucía, move!" Doña Elena cried out.
Without a second thought, the elderly matriarch threw her frail body in front of Lucía just as Hector pulled the trigger.
BANG.
Doña Elena collapsed onto the hardwood floor, a blooming crimson stain spreading across her chest.
"Mother!" Alejandro roared, lunging across the desk like a wild animal. He tackled Hector Vance through the glass balcony doors, sending both men crashing out onto the second-story terrace in a shower of sharp glass and rain.
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On the rain-slicked terrace, Alejandro and Hector fought with brutal, primitive fury. Hector slashed at Alejandro with a broken glass shard, cutting his cheek, but Alejandro grabbed Hector by the throat, driving him back against the stone railing.
"This is for my family!" Alejandro screamed, lifting Hector over the edge and pitching the crime lord twenty feet down onto the marble plaza below.
