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The Private Team

Penulis: Ms. Chiamaka
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“Who are you?” Hannah managed to ask, shielding her face away from the man’s piercing gaze.

The man in question was Alfred’s right-hand man, Dillon Chambers. He had a visible scar on the side of his face, one that Hannah could tell was from a knife wound. But his terrifying face was in contrast to his complete appearance. He wore a beige suit that showcased his intimidating figure, matching his dark blonde hair, with a wrist chain with a scorpion emblem on it.

The emblem caught Hannah’s attention. She had heard of many mob groups in the city who associated their groups with various animals, bullhorns, snakes, scorpions, spiders, and more, but never had she come across one.

As this thought crossed her mind, she felt even more frightened.

Dillon had been rescued by Alfred some years ago from a group of gamblers he had been indebted to, and since then he had been in charge of Alfred’s underground dealings. Drug trafficking, mobbing, covering up his fraud charges, and anythin
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