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And if it was Lucrezia, we needed to capture her.

Not to mention that flanking the Camorra would help Dario and the others –

So I chose left.

As we raced through the den and kitchen, I checked for gunmen, but the rooms were deserted.

We finally reached an enormous dining room.

In the center was a gigantic mahogany table stacked with tens of millions in euros.

Across the table stood Lucrezia Caproni. She wore her signature sunglasses, even inside at night. She was yelling into a cell phone, though because of all the gunfire, I couldn’t make out what she was saying.

To Lucrezia’s right, three Camorra thugs were firing automatic rifles into the main foyer.

Then Lucrezia saw us and screamed, “KILL THEM!”

The thugs swung their rifles towards us without taking their fingers off the trigger.

Bullets ripped through the stacks of money on the table, scattering bills into the air –

But Massimo and I were quicker.

All three Camorra went down as money fluttered around them like a blizzard inside a snow globe.

Lucrezia hadn’t stuck around. She was already running left through the dining hall.

I aimed –

Had her in my sights –

But couldn’t pull the trigger.

I wasn’t about to kill a woman, much less shoot her in the back.

“SHE’S GETTING AWAY!” Lucia screamed as she tore off after Lucrezia –

And Massimo and I followed as fast as we could.

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Giorgio

Foyer

Cesare’s men appeared above us on the third floor landing, and it turned into a gunfight on the stairs.

The Camorra took cover behind the corners of the walls, but they were sloppy shooters – more ‘spray and pray’ than anything else.

We, on the other hand, had been trained by Lars.

We took cover –

Took aim –

And one by one, shot them dead.

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