Chapter 54 The Final Gambit

• The night air was thick with tension as Serria adjusted the earpiece in her ear. She stood in the center of an abandoned shipping yard, the dim glow of overhead lights casting long shadows across the cracked pavement. Her heartbeat drummed in her ears, but her face remained calm.
• Tonight, **Corsini would fall.**
• Behind her, Mark leaned against a stack of crates, his breath labored but his gun steady in his grip. His wound had weakened him, but his will remained unshaken. Greco, Lucas, and Seo were positioned strategically around the yard, hidden in the darkness, their weapons primed.