Chapter 1 - The Waitress Who Took Down A Hitman
The mafia boss had just watched a waitress throw a seven-foot assassin through his dining table—and then heard a voice over the restaurant intercom reveal that she had been hiding her identity for years.
“Stay down!”
Sarah Fernandez stood between Alex Vincenzo and the fallen assassin.
Three seconds earlier, she had been carrying plates.
Now Roman Duca, a massive man in black tactical gear, lay motionless among shattered glasses, broken wine bottles, and splintered table legs.
The dining room of Creed had become chaos.
Crystal chandeliers trembled overhead. Patrons crouched beneath tables. Wine ran across the polished marble like dark red blood.
Alex Vincenzo remained frozen in his chair.
He was sixty-three, powerful, respected, and feared.
He had spent decades making other men afraid of him.
Yet right now, he could barely move.
Sarah extended one bloodied arm.
“Step away from the table.”
Alex stared at her.
The waitress he had humiliated less than ten minutes earlier had just stopped a professional assassin with her bare hands.
“Who the hell are you?”
Sarah didn't answer.
Blood trickled from a cut along her forearm.
“You wanted competent service, Mr. Vincenzo. Move now.”
Something in her voice made him obey.
Then Sarah looked toward the dark wooden walls.
Her expression changed.
Red laser dots appeared across the room.
One.
Then three.
Then dozens.
Alex's face lost its color.
“They're coming for me...”
The intercom clicked.
Every person in the restaurant went silent.
A calm voice filled the dining room.
“Sarah Fernandez.”
Sarah slowly looked upward.
“Former special activities operative...”
Alex turned toward her.
The voice continued.
“Sparrow.”
Sarah's face remained unreadable.
Alex stared at her in disbelief.
The intercom whispered one final sentence.
“We know exactly who you are.”
Sarah's eyes moved toward the hallway.
She didn't look surprised.
She looked betrayed.
Because whoever had just exposed her identity knew something far more dangerous than her name.
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They knew why she had disappeared.
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