Chapter 5 - The Wall Safe Unlocked
"Get the key, Hannah! Now!" Damian commanded softly.
Hannah didn't hesitate. She darted across the dimly lit room toward a massive oil painting of the Russo crest hanging near the fireplace. With nimble fingers, she swung the heavy frame forward, exposing a sleek, silver electronic safe built into the stone wall.
She pulled a small silver key from the hidden pocket of her apron, inserting it into the keyhole while typing a six-digit code Damian had whispered to her weeks ago during a quiet evening shift.
Click.
The safe door swung open. Inside lay not stacks of cash or jewelry, but a heavy black steel briefcase emblazoned with an encrypted satellite seal.
"What is that?" Bruno demanded, his smile fading as he watched Hannah carefully pull the heavy case from the wall. "What did you keep in there, Damian?"
"The reason Viktor Moretti wanted me dead six months ago," Damian replied smoothly, pulling his hand out from under his wool blanket. In his grip was a sleek, silver-plated revolver. "And the reason he will never leave this house alive tonight."
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Footsteps kicked against the corridor carpet outside. The heavy oak doors were violently shoved open, and four heavy-set mercenaries in tactical gear rushed into the room, led by Don Viktor Moretti himself—a cruel man in his fifties with a silver beard and a scar running across his eye.
👉 Read PART 6 to see what happened when Don Viktor Moretti stepped into the bedroom!
