nt cameras mounted where no one thought to look Milan pulsed with quiet surveilla

in her chair, her eyes were fixed on the glowing screens in fron

urity grids she definitely wasn't supposed to have access to. Her finge

he muttered un

e of the screens. It was a bla

" Sofia smi

racking the vehicle's movement across multiple cameras. It ha

the camera blacked out. It was cl

ed, Nah, that wasn't ama

itting up straighter now.

pted feeds and private networks layered beneath public systems

t tested on the bridge of her nose as she

er

ra that they had probab

er lips curv

ance of the daycare. The door s

xpression

with their weapons drawn a

omach

.." she

scared, but not screaming yet. One of the men

jaw ti

no, n

pulling up location tracking, reroutin

a," she mutt

idea, she'll defini

ce? Nah... th

voiding as her gaze flicked to another screen which co

xhaled

er her breath, "gues

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inute

ty streets and highways.nInside, the air was cold, sile

Lore

controlled. But beneath that control was precise

m an unknown number but he ignor

ightened

a answer it," one of his men said

ked up the

up" he

a woman's voice. Smooth, c

es too slow." came the

" Lorenzo's e

urrently trac

in as every man

o's voice dropped

her chair, one leg crossed over the o

ally. "In a black SUV with no plates, they changed

Lorenzo asked as his gri

tching them." S

location."

hat's so straight to the

e, that's where thi

y time..." Lorenzo's patie

he cut in smoothly. "Let

nse bout of silence

are

er head slight

on Isabella stayed h

n and she could feel

your name,"

to remember it." she a

ing piece. She was the one who helped Isabella disa

d her run,

survive," So

tion." Then Lor

ver the keyboard clicking

e were moving coordinates

," he

celerated

expression shifted slightly, something wasn't right. The SU

s pulled

t good." She leaned

armed men stepped out, the

er car pulled

stomach

.." Her fingers moved fast, pulli

n't just

ansfer poin

hat m

ng bigger." she said sharply into th

voice came through,

ction she expected. Then she saw it, on another screen where

parted

e." she whispered, then laug

tood that this wasn't just a rescue. I

slowly, eyes gleam

see how this plays

_____

city, the SUV doors slammed shut.

ng trapped between enemies... As Lorenzo De Luca