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Chapter 83

Author: Ayo Ola
last update publish date: 2026-07-01 19:17:45

Matteo's POV

​The damp chill of the brick factory was sinking deep into my bones as I sat on an empty oil drum near the shadows, and my skin felt raw and hot while the echo of the gunshot that killed Cesare kept ringing inside my ears because the silence that followed was just waiting for the next body to drop.

I watched Lucien loading fresh shells into his shotgun while Alessia cleaned the blood from her boot with a rag, and the anger in my chest was growing so loud that I could hardly bre
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