Chapter 17 - The Vengeful Queen

I absolutely refused to believe that Alessandro Romano was permanently dead in the burning ashes of the cartel mansion.
I completely locked myself entirely inside the massive underground bunker for three agonizing, deeply terrifying days.
The entire massive Romano syndicate was completely reeling from the shocking, violent loss of their terrifying, undisputed king.
The powerful lieutenants aggressively began to quietly argue amongst themselves about who would violently claim the empty throne.
I walked slowly and deliberately out of the command center, wearing a sharp, flawless black suit and my heavy weapon.
I entered the massive tactical briefing room where the dozens of heavily armed, terrifying capos were aggressively arguing loudly.
The massive room instantly fell into a heavy, suffocating silence the absolute second I confidently walked through the heavy doors.
I walked perfectly straight to the head of the massive mahogany table and slammed my heavy weapon entirely onto the wood.
"My husband is absolutely not dead, and anyone who cowardly claims otherwise will violently answer directly to me," I stated coldly.
A highly ambitious, heavily scarred lieutenant named Marco foolishly sneered and aggressively crossed his thick arms over his chest.
"With all absolute respect, Catherine, you are just a grieving widow, not a ruthless mafia boss," Marco foolishly mocked.
I did not hesitate for a single, solitary microsecond to brutally establish my absolute, terrifying dominance over the room.
I aggressively drew a secondary tactical knife from my belt and violently pinned Marco's massive hand directly to the mahogany table.
He screamed loudly in absolute, blinding agony as the sharp steel pierced entirely through his flesh and into the hard wood.
The remaining terrifying men in the room completely froze in sheer shock, staring at me with absolute, undeniable terror.
"I am the undisputed, absolute queen of this entire syndicate," I commanded fiercely, my dark eyes sweeping the silent room.
"We are going to aggressively tear this miserable city apart brick by brick until we safely find exactly where Isabella took him."
"Anyone who cowardly refuses to flawlessly follow my strict orders can safely leave their weapons and walk out that door right now."
Absolutely no one in the massive room moved a single, terrifying muscle against my uncompromising, lethal authority.
Enzo, completely covered in heavy white bandages from his violent fall, walked slowly into the room and bowed his head respectfully.
"We successfully intercepted a highly encrypted cartel radio transmission an hour ago, my Queen," Enzo announced proudly.
"Isabella is currently holding the boss alive in a heavily abandoned underground subway tunnel beneath the old financial district."
A dark, incredibly violent smile completely spread across my face as I successfully reclaimed absolute control of my empire.
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"Gather every single heavily armed soldier we have in the city," I aggressively ordered the terrified men in the room.
"We are going to violently unleash absolute, terrifying hell upon the earth tonight."