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Chapter 87: The Heart of the Storm

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last update Last Updated: 2025-04-08 13:32:04

The warehouse was a battleground. Gunshots echoed through the cavernous space, filling the air with tension. The acrid scent of gunpowder hung thick, and the sound of clashing metal, shouts, and grunts only intensified the chaos. Sophia's heart was pounding in her chest, and every instinct in her screamed to run, to escape the madness unfolding around her. But there was no escape now—not with Rafael at her side and her uncle dragging her deeper into the fight.

Rafael’s eyes burned with fierce determination as he moved swiftly, his every action precise, lethal. He was like a machine, working with an ease born of years of battle. He fired his gun with ruthless efficiency, each shot carefully calculated, each movement smooth and practiced. His muscles flexed beneath his clothes as he took down one man after another, moving through the firefight as if he were a predator in its element.

Sophia had never seen him like this before—calm, cold, deadly. The man before her was a far cry from th
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