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Chapter 7

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There was a distant hum of music fading from the ballroom, drowning beneath the pounding of Elena’s heart. Alejandro’s grip on her wrist was possessive with a silent declaration of control. Guests whispered around them, their glances shifting between the two. Some watched with amusement and discomfort.

But none of them would dare intervene.

“I see you were distracted,” Alejandro said, tilting his head as he murmured. His voice was soft and teasing, but Elena knew better. There was calculation with no warmth in his words. “Thinking about him?”

Elena kept her expression blank as her stomach twisted. She didn't want him to see the effect he had on her.

“Don’t be ridiculous,” she said, with an even tone.

Alejandro's thumb brushing over her palm with a smirk on his face. The touch was a mockery of affection but gentle. “I felt your hesitation and your mind somewhere else as I held you.” He whispered.

She forced herself to meet his gaze as she tightened her chest. “You’re drunk.”

He smiled. “Not drunk but observant.” His fingers trail her arm in a feather-light yet suffocating fashion. “And I observe that you’re still struggling with something you lost long ago.”

A chill ran down her spine.

Alejandro had always been cruel, but this was different. He wasn’t just tormenting her—he was ripping her apart gently.

And then he said it.

“You should’ve made more inquiries about your mother.”

The world tilted.

Elena caught her breath, her body going rigid.

Not Dino. Not escape. Her mother.

The mother whose absence was no longer just an accident.

Something inside her cracked with a flood of memories rushing in. The silent warnings. The whispers she had ignored. She had spent years nursing the notion that her mother’s death was just a cruel twist of fate. But if it were true, why was Alejandro bringing it up now? Why was it important all of a sudden?

Her ears heard her heartbeats roaring.

She needs to be calm and not react, else he would know.

So she calmed her breath. “What are you talking about?”

Alejandro’s smirk widened. “Ah, finally. The curiosity.” He leaned in, lowering his voice in a calm whisper. “You know curiosity is a dangerous thing, and it makes you desperate, Elena.”

She needed answers as she dug her nails into her palm.

She lets a flicker of vulnerability seep into her voice as she speaks gently. “Tell me, if you know something.”

Alejandro's eyes flickered in amusement as he studied her. He is loving this—dangling information just out of reach, seeing her beg for it.

“Sanchez never told you everything.” He sips from a glass of wine he took from a passing waiter.

Elena’s stomach dropped.

Tilting his head, Alejandro settled the glass. “He hid secrets from your father and you.”

Elena swallowed. “What secrets about my mother?”

Alejandro, feigning pity, exhales. “The reason she really died.”

Her vision dimmed. All these years she spent mourning her mother, believing she was just another case of casualty in a tragic world. But now, Alejandro was shattering that illusion beneath the glow of the chandelier in the hall room.

And Sanchez was behind it.

Her fingers trembled.

“Why are you telling me this now?” she demanded.

Alejandro smirked. “Because I enjoy watching you squirm.” As he brushed his fingers on her cheek, she fought the urge to recoil. “And because I know you’ll spend the rest of the night wondering how your life has turned out, how much of your life was a lie.”

She hated him for the momentary power he held over her.

And she hated herself for wanting to know more.

Alejandro pulled back slightly, “You’re shaking.” as he studied her like a cat toying with a bird.

Elena clenched her jaw. “You are deliberately keeping things from me.”

Alejandro tilted his head in amusement. “You assume I have all the answers.”

“Don’t you?” She challenged him.

His smirk widened. “Maybe.”

She snapped, losing patience. “Alejandro. If you know something, tell me,stop playing games with me.”

Alejandro exhaled, All in due time,with a tone savoring her frustration.

She couldn’t breathe.

He had put her on a leash, leading her faster and deeper into a web of secrets.

She had to get away from him.

“Elena.” With a soft voice again, but dangerous in its quietness. “Do you think Dino can save you from me?”

Her throat tightened.

Alejandro closing in on her, his lips brushing against her ear. “Dino has no idea what he’s up against.”

Elena struggles to stay still in order not to react.

Alejandro chuckled, stepping back. “If you must, you can run to him. But when the truth is eventually out, he won't look at you the same way, I promise.”

The breath left her lungs.

Alejandro with a slow and cruel smile. “Some things can’t be undone, Elena. Once revealed… it changes everything.”

Then he turned while she stood alone on the balcony.

Her hands clenched into fists.

She had to find out the truth. Before it was too late.

---

Dino sat in his apartment in a dim glow, his mind brewing a storm of thoughts. With an untouched glass of whiskey sitting beside him, forgotten.

Elena was still with Alejandro.

And something was wrong.

His thoughts were snapped by a knock on the door.

Sergio entered with a grim expression. “We found something.”

Dino straightened. “What?”

Sergio, moving closer, tossed a folder onto the table. “This name kept popping up in Sanchez’s old records.”

Dino opened it—and froze.

Elena’s mother.

His pulse pounded. “What in the world is this?”

Sergio hesitated. “She made payments. Large ones. Right up until she died.”

Dino inhaled sharply. “Payments to who and why?”

Sergio’s jaw tightened. “There is a shell account connected to Sanchez; that's where the payments go into.”

Dino’s world tilted.

Elena’s mother must have been involved in something; she was just a victim.”

And Sanchez perfectly covered it up.

Dino’s fists clenched.

Elena lived in a house full of liars and murderers; Alejandro had her trapped and now had the final piece of the puzzle.

He wouldn’t let her be swallowed by their secrets.

Dino stood. “We move tonight.”

---

Back at the Balcony

Elena is breathing fast, the weight of the conversation crushing down on her.

Alejandro has confirmed what she feared—her mother’s death wasn’t just an accident.

Now he was holding the truth over her head.

She needed to get to Dino. She needed to find out about Sanchez’s past record; now Alejandro wants to use it against her.

She made a silent vow as she gripped the rail on the balcony.

She would not be controlled.

Not by Sanchez.

Not by Alejandro.

Not by anyone.

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  • Burn Loot   Chapter 9

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  • Burn Loot   Chapter 10

    Dino led Elena through a maze of dimly lit backstreets, his movements swift and sure. He had spent years navigating the city’s underbelly, and now, that knowledge was keeping them alive. The night air was thick with tension, every sound amplified as if the city itself was holding its breath.After what felt like an eternity, they reached a rundown garage on the outskirts of town. The metal shutters were rusted, the paint peeling from years of neglect. To anyone else, it looked abandoned—but for Dino, it was a safehouse he had set up months ago, anticipating a day like this.Once inside, Elena collapsed onto an old, threadbare couch. Her body trembled, her breaths shallow. Dino knelt in front of her, scanning her face.“Did he hurt you?”She shook her head, but tears burned her eyes. “He almost caught me.”Dino exhaled slowly, his hands clenching into fists. The thought of Alejandro touching her, caging her like a possession, made his blood boil.“He won’t get another chance,” he promi

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  • Burn Loot   Chapter 11

    Dino tightened his fists, his breath steady as he crouched behind an overturned car. The night air smelled of gasoline and sweat. They had been cornered by Alejandro's men in an abandoned warehouse near the port. Five men armed to the teeth. They weren’t leaving anything to chance this time.“Elena, stay low,” Dino whispered.Her pulse pounding in her ears. Elena nodded. The warehouse had become a battlefield.A shot rang out, sparking off the metal near Dino’s head.He moved.He rolled forward in a blur, grabbed a rusted metal pipe, and struck one of the gunmen across the jaw. The man crumpled before he could even react.The others turned.Another shot. Dino twisted.He didn’t stop despite feeling a burning pain across his upper arm as a bullet grazed him. He lunged at the next man, slamming his knee into his gut, then cracking his elbow against his skull.Two down. Three to go.Dino ducked as a thug charged, swinging a crowbar, grabbed the man’s wrist, and yanked. The crowbar clatt

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  • Burn Loot   Chapter 12

    There was an echo of gunshots through the burning warehouse. Dino’s heart slammed against his ribs. Elena gasped, clutching her side. But no blood. Instead, one of Alejandro’s men had a bullet hole bloomed in his chest, staggered, eyes wide in shock. Then he collapsed. Dino’s gaze snapped to the entrance. A dark silhouette stood there. Sergio. Gun still raised, smoke curling from the barrel. “Elena, run!” Dino shouted. Alejandro snarled, firing twice. Dino lunged, shoving Elena out of the way. He felt the heat of the bullets whip past his ear. Too close. No time to think. The building groaned, about to collapse. As the fire roared louder, licking the ceiling. Alejandro was still blocking the exit; a second was all Dino needed. The timely distraction of Sergio had bought them that. --- Dino didn’t hesitate. He launched forward, tackling Alejandro to the ground. Fists flying. Alejandro grunted, twisting beneath him, trying to bring the gun up. Dino slammed his elbow do

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  • Burn Loot   Chapter 13

    Across the dimly lit room, Capello’s expression remained unreadable; he wasn't hurt because he was putting on a bulletproof earlier, but Elena—her face was a storm of emotions.She clenched her fists. “He’s toying with us.”Dino nodded. “But he slipped up. He wants me to stop digging, which means there’s more to uncover.”Capello exhaled heavily and sat down, rubbing a hand down his face. “You’re walking into dangerous waters, Dino.”Dino stepped forward, his voice firm. “I need the truth. No more half-answers.”Capello locked eyes with him. “The truth is, your mother knew too much. She wasn’t just paying Sanchez to keep you alive—she had something on him. Something big enough that he needed her gone.”Elena sucked in a breath. “And you knew?”Capello hesitated before nodding. “I suspected. But by the time I started asking questions, she was already dead.”Dino’s fists clenched. His mother hadn’t just been murdered. She had been silenced.Sergio walked in just then, holding another fo

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  • Burn Loot   Chapter 14

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    The night air carried the acrid scent of gunpowder as gunmen closed in from the trees.Bullets ripped through the wooden walls of the cabin, shattering glass and sending splinters flying. Dino pressed Elena against the floor, shielding her as Sergio fired back. “We’re sitting ducks here!” Sergio growled.Enzo Moretti, his face pale, clutched his side where a bullet had grazed him. “Sanchez won’t stop! He knows I know too much.”Dino’s jaw clenched. “We move. Now!”A Fight in the DarkSergio lobbed a smoke grenade through the broken window. As thick gray fog consumed the cabin, Dino pulled Elena up and guided her toward the back door.Enzo struggled to keep up, his breath ragged.A gunman appeared in the clearing—Dino took him down with a swift elbow to the throat, twisting his gun away before knocking him unconscious. Another came from behind. Dino spun, delivering a brutal side kick to his ribs, then a finishing blow to the temple.Elena grabbed a discarded pistol, her hands steady

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    The night crackled with tension. From the rooftop of the tactical command center on the edge of Milan, Dino peered through a set of night-vision binoculars. Below him, the city buzzed with the nervous anticipation of an underworld on its last breath. What remained of Alejandro’s faction — loyalists, assassins, ex-cartel enforcers — had taken up positions in a final, desperate attempt to reclaim what had been lost. Dino’s voice was steady in the comms. “All units, lock targets. No room for mercy. End it here.” Inside the heavily fortified safe house, Elena sat beside Isabella and Luciana. The women watched the live feed through encrypted Interpol channels. Every screen displayed Dino’s men — armored, precise — moving through alleyways and strongholds, flushing out Alejandro’s remnants one by one. “Dino’s got this,” Elena whispered, almost to herself. Her heart pounded. Two blocks away, chaos erupted. Tomiwa, now Dino’s trusted right hand, led the assault on one of the last s

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    The cold iron gates of the Interpol facility in Milan clanged shut with a finality that echoed through Alejandro's very soul. The once-dreaded heir of the Central Genoa Cartel now found himself flanked by guards, stripped of weapons, status, and the arrogance that used to walk into rooms before him.He bore bruises and blood on his face, but his pride clung to him like a second skin. Even in chains, Alejandro Sanchez walked with the poise of a man who still believed he was untouchable.Inside his high-security glass containment, monitored 24/7, Alejandro sat in silence as they processed his intake. Biometrics. Retinal scans. Voice samples. No loopholes. No escape.But his mind wasn’t on the facility. It was on the betrayal. The collapse. Dino’s rise. And worst of all — Isabella’s silence.He muttered under his breath, “You’ll all regret this.”In a maximum-security prison far from Alejandro’s cage, Sanchez — the deadliest drug lord and patriarch of the Sanchez family — faced a very di

  • Burn Loot   Chapter 147

    The Corsican sky bled grey as Dino's jet sliced through the dawn mist, silent like a hunter. Beneath the clouds, Alejandro’s once-proud fortress sat perched on the cliffs above the sea — a sprawling estate surrounded by dense pine forests, private guards, and desperation.Inside the cockpit, Dino sat still, helmet in hand, gaze fixed on the horizon. The mission wasn’t a raid. It was personal.Renata’s voice crackled in his earpiece.> “Teams Alpha and Delta are in position. No sudden moves. If Alejandro so much as breathes on that failsafe drive, we abort.”“Understood,” Dino replied.But he wasn’t planning on aborting. Not this time.In the heart of the Corsican compound, Alejandro paced.His hair was longer now, jaw clenched, veins bulging as he barked orders into a satellite phone.“I don’t care what it costs. Secure the secondary vault. Get the servers packed. We’re moving everything to the Austrian fallback site within the hour.”Adrian entered, his face pale. “Interpol scrambled

  • Burn Loot   Chapter 146

    The rain finally fell.It came in sheets, beating against the tiles of Alejandro’s secluded estate in Corsica, the one he swore nobody would trace. His hair was damp, his shirt clinging to his skin as he stood out on the veranda like a madman — cigarette between his fingers, hands trembling not from the cold, but from something deeper.Everything was collapsing.He could feel it.It started with the Balkan ports. Then the South American pipeline went dark — Dino’s whisper campaign had turned allies to ghosts. Dubai’s front businesses were frozen. Asian partners refused his calls.Even his own people… they were beginning to question him. Whispering, watching, wondering.“Cowards,” he muttered. “None of them ever had the stomach.”Behind him, Adrian entered the room, soaked and bruised from the latest skirmish in Marseille. His arm was in a sling, eyes bloodshot. He stopped short when he saw Alejandro.“He’s cutting off everything,” Adrian said, breathless. “That bastard is strangling u

  • Burn Loot   Chapter 145

    Thunder cracked over Genoa like a warning from the heavens. The storm hadn’t touched ground yet, but the winds had begun to howl — an ominous prelude to the chaos that had taken root in the city’s underbelly. Alejandro stood in front of a shattered window in one of his hidden villas, gripping a tumbler of whiskey, knuckles white with rage.Reports from his last offensive attempt against Dino’s safehouse were abysmal. Adrian’s team had suffered heavy losses. Sergio — his inside man, the one he’d counted on to lead the infiltration — was dead. Dino’s countermeasures had proven ruthless and surgical. Not only had they anticipated the attack, they’d made an example out of it.Alejandro’s phone buzzed again — another anonymous alert. Another shell company destroyed. Another warehouse seized. His drug routes through the Balkans were collapsing one by one, and with Interpol’s sudden precision, it wasn’t just business crumbling. It was war.He smashed the tumbler against the wall.“Dino,” he

  • Burn Loot   Chapter 144

    The night air was thick with humidity and tension. Deep in the wooded outskirts of the city, the safe house stood like a fortress—its perimeter guarded by former elite military personnel, thermal sensors humming in the undergrowth, and surveillance drones quietly hovering above.Inside, Elena, Luciana, and Isabella sat around a table in the living room, the soft hum of security monitors flickering behind them. Tomiwa paced near the window, always alert. Dino wasn’t there—he was out overseeing another counter-operation against Alejandro's smuggling ring. But he’d left specific instructions: no one comes in or out without his word.At precisely 2:17 a.m., silence shattered.A high-pitched whine pierced the night, followed by an earth-shaking boom. The south-facing perimeter wall exploded into concrete shards, scattering debris and flame in every direction. Sirens erupted. Security teams rushed to positions as gunfire lit up the trees.Viktor Petrov’s mercenaries stormed through the smok

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