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Death over due

Author: Naughty
last update Petsa ng paglalathala: 2026-05-31 20:53:25

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The echoes of the riot still lingered in the air like smoke from a dying fire.

Shattered glass crunched underfoot on the streets of the old district, and the acrid scent of tear gas and burning tires clung to every breath.

For four long months, the people had risen against Vito and the iron grip of his mafia family.

They had marched with crude signs and Molotov cocktails, chanting for justice, for freedom from the extortion, the protection rackets, and the bodies that occasional
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