But there was nowhere to run. As dawn broke, a silent fleet of black SUVs surrounded the garage. Silvio Corazzini didn't even bother to get out of his car. He sent a single text message to Declan's burner phone: "Your uncle took three of mine. Your bloodline ends today. No speeches. No last words. Just nothing."
"We hit them tonight," Finn growled, his hand shaking not from fear but from a rage that had no outlet. "We take Silvio's head, or we die trying." mcreal brothers die without vengeance
In the grim annals of the city's underworld, the name McReal was never spoken with laughter. It was a name whispered with a shiver, a curse wrapped in blood and brotherhood. For years, the three McReal brothers—Declan, the calculating eldest; Finn, the volatile middle child; and Seamus, the surprisingly gentle youngest—ruled their patch of asphalt and shadow with an unspoken law: a blow to one was a death sentence for all. But there was nowhere to run
The shootout was less a battle and more an execution. Finn went first, charging the door with a shotgun, taking two bullets to the chest before he could fire a single shell. Declan fought methodically, covering Seamus as they tried for a rear exit, but the corridor was already flooded with enforcers. Declan fell with a silenced round to the temple. Seamus, the youngest, the one who had once wanted to be a painter, was found crouched behind an overturned tool chest, unarmed. He didn't beg. He didn't curse. He simply closed his eyes. He sent a single text message to Declan's
Declan, older, grayer, and infinitely more tired, looked at the scattered photographs on the oil-stained table. "There's no one left to hit, Finn. The men are gone. The money is gone. The Corazzinis didn't beat us. They erased us."