Chapter 16 - ESCAPE FROM HELLRealizing he was completely cornered, Dante pulled a small detonator switch from his jacket pocket. "If I’m going down, I’m taking Brooklyn with me!" he screamed, pressing the red button.
A deafening explosion rocked the lower levels of the building. Smoke poured through the ventilation shafts as plaster and glass rained down from the ceiling. Panic erupted as bosses scrambled for the exits while Dante's loyalists opened fire into the crowd.
"Get the council members out!" I ordered Antonio’s men, grabbing a fallen firearm from the floor.
Antonio and I covered the retreat of the neutral family heads, earning their absolute loyalty in seconds. But as the ceiling began to collapse, a massive steel support beam crashed down, trapping Antonio’s leg beneath a heap of rubble.
"Sophie! Go!" Antonio shouted through the thick, black smoke. "The whole building is going to collapse!"
"I'm not leaving you!" I yelled back.
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Using a heavy metal pipe as a lever, I summoned every ounce of strength I had, lifting the beam just enough for Antonio to pull his leg free. We stumbled through the flaming wreckage toward the rear alleyway, but as we burst into the freezing night air, a figure stepped out from behind a burning delivery van.
It was Dante, covered in soot and blood, his eyes wide with murderous insanity, aiming a heavy revolver directly at my chest.
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