The silence that followed felt heavier than the chaos before it. The warehouse seemed to hold its breath, every shadow stretching longer, every sound sharper. Isabella stood beside Vincenzo, her chest rising and falling unevenly, her pulse still racing from everything they had just faced. She could feel it the shift in the air. Something was coming. Something bigger. Vincenzo didn’t move. His eyes were locked on Adrian, every muscle in his body tense, ready. He had fought his way through everything Adrian had thrown at him, but this… this felt different. This wasn’t just another fight. It was the end of something. Or the beginning of something worse. Adrian stepped forward slowly, his expression no longer amused but cold, calculating. “You’ve done well,” he said, his voice calm but edged

