Chapter 13 - THE FINAL JUSTICE
Moretti fell to his knees on the wet wooden planks, dropping his briefcase into the dirt.
"Please, Carmine!" Moretti begged, tears streaming down his wrinkled, arrogant face. "Have mercy!"
Carmine turned his head slightly and looked back at me, silently offering me the choice.
I walked up beside Carmine, looking down at the man who had ordered our deaths and hired Rocco to destroy my life.
"Did you give me mercy when your man bruised my neck?" I asked Moretti, my voice steady and cold.
Moretti stammered, unable to form a single coherent sentence as he stared at the two of us.
"Ivy," Carmine whispered softly, putting his warm hand over mine. "Do you want me to end this?"
"End it," I said clearly, looking away toward the rising moon over the river.
A single shot rang out into the quiet night, followed by a heavy splash into the rushing waters below.
Carmine lowered his weapon and turned to face me, taking both of my hands into his.
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The war was finally over, the silence returning to the valley once and for all.
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