Chapter 10 - The SiegeArmed intruders entered through the eastern wing.
Security personnel engaged them.
Marcus ran toward the nursery.
Khloe strapped Leo securely against her chest.
"Marcus!"
"I'm here!"
He reached them.
"We're going to the panic room."
The estate became a battlefield.
Thunder shook the windows.
Emergency lights flashed.
Khloe ran through the dark corridor with Leo pressed against her.
A large man appeared at the end of the hallway.
He charged.
Khloe grabbed an iron fireplace poker.
She struck the floor beside him with enough force to make him hesitate.
Then she ran.
Not because she wasn't afraid.
Because she was.
And because she refused to let fear decide what happened to her son.
Marcus reached her seconds later.
They slammed the reinforced panic-room door.
Inside, Leo began crying.
Khloe held him tightly.
Outside, sirens approached.
The FBI had intercepted Dante's communications.
The siege was ending.
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But Dante Rossi had already made one final mistake.
He had exposed himself.
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