The vans rolled out at dusk, black and unmarked, their engines hushed. The streets were half-empty, only the dim orange lamps keeping vigil. Men inside checked their weapons, the cold metal gleaming under the faint cabin lights. No chatter, only the breathing of wolves about to enter the hunt.Dante rode in the lead van. He wore black gloves, a comm in his ear, and eyes that did not blink. He scanned the street outside, then the watch strapped to his wrist. Everything was on time.“Position one, ready,” came a voice over the comm.“Two, ready.”“Three, ready.”Dante pressed his mic. “Go.”The assault unfolded with the silence of a blade sliding into flesh. Lookouts signaled from rooftops. At the Mancini warehouse, a side door was breached with a whisper of steel.Dante stepped onto the concrete floor of the warehouse, his boots soundless, his eyes scanning. The air smelled of oil, damp wood, and the faint tang of gunmetal. Crates were stacked high, and trucks lined along one wall. I
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