Chapter 142: First Contact
Meeting in the middle of the night.
Same place at Carmine's. Same table. Same faces.
But things were different.
Something had shifted.
Someone had struck.
The room was heavy with fear and anxiety. Palliative smoke in the air.
Four private jets. Twelve confirmed members. All of them under...
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1: Golden Child
2. Chapter 2: Cracks in the Foundation
3. Chapter 3: The Discovery
4. Chapter 4: Gathering Fire
5. Chapter 5: Public Reckoning
6. Chapter 6: The Unraveling
7. Chapter 7: The Price of Betrayal
8. Chapter 8: Rock Bottom
9. Chapter 9: Finding Ground
10. Chapter 10: Ghosts
11. Chapter 11: The Weight of Truth
12. Chapter 12: The Morning After
13. Chapter 13: Preparation
14. Chapter 14: Into the Belly of the Beast
15. Chapter 15: Terms of War
16. Chapter 16: The Wire
17. Chapter 17: The Bluff
18. Chapter 18: The Real Plan
19. Chapter 19: The Devil's Bargain
20. Chapter 20: The Truth at Last
21. Chapter 21: Contact
22. Chapter 22: The Waiting Game
23. Chapter 23: The Hunter Becomes Prey
24. Chapter 24: Emergency Protocol
25. Chapter 25: Three-Way War
26. Chapter 26: The Steel Mill Trap
27. Chapter 27: In the Darkness
28. Chapter 28: The Point of No Return
29. Chapter 29: The Final Betrayal
30. Chapter 30: The Final Deal
31. Chapter 31: The Call
32. Chapter 32: The Heist
33. Chapter 33: The Escape
34. Chapter 34: Six Hours to Dawn
35. Chapter 35: Heat of Battle
36. Chapter 36: In the Fire
37. Chapter 37: The Senator's Game
38. Chapter 38: The Devil's Wrath
39. Chapter 39: The Senator's Assets
40. Chapter 40: The Aunt's Gambit
41. Chapter 41: Breach
42. Chapter 42: Blood and Steel
43. Chapter 43: Awakening
44. Chapter 44: Reckoning
45. Chapter 45: The Mother's Pain
46. Chapter 46: Reunion Under Fire
47. Chapter 47: New Rules
48. Chapter 48: Underground
49. Chapter 49: Fire and Control
50. Chapter 50: After the Fire
51. Chapter 51: Old Ghosts
52. Chapter 52: Breaking Point
53. Chapter 53: The Network Decides
54. Chapter 54: The Vote
55. Chapter 55: War Plans and Want
56. Chapter 56: Final Preparations
57. Chapter 57: Before the Storm
58. Chapter 58: Into Hell
59. Chapter 59: No Mercy
60. Chapter 60: Gods of War
61. Chapter 61: Declaration
62. Chapter 62: Breaking Chains
63. Chapter 63: Awakening
64. Chapter 64: The Price of Power
65. Chapter 65: Into the Network
66. Chapter 66: Return to Flesh
67. Chapter 67: The Claiming
68. Chapter 68: The Morning After
69. Chapter 69: Senator Morrison's Fall
70. Chapter 70: Stolen Moments
71. Chapter 71: The Council's Invitation
72. Chapter 72: The Meeting
73. Chapter 73: Trust and Betrayal
74. Chapter 74: The Hunt Begins
75. Chapter 75: Breaking Chains
76. Chapter 76: Declaration of War
77. Chapter 77: Aftermath
78. Chapter 78: The Sit-Down
79. Chapter 79: The Double Cross
80. Chapter 80: Blood and Business
81. Chapter 81: Consequences
82. Chapter 82: The Memorial
83. Chapter 83: Atlanta
84. Chapter 84: Safe Harbor
85. Chapter 85: Surrender
86. Chapter 86: The Cure
87. Chapter 87: Extraction
88. Chapter 88: Reunion
89. Chapter 89: The Collection
90. Chapter 90: Infiltration
91. Chapter 91: Breach
92. Chapter 92: The Choice
93. Chapter 93: Going Public
94. Chapter 94: Settling Dust
95. Chapter 95: Back to Business
96. Chapter 96: New Players
97. Chapter 97: Territorial
98. Chapter 98: Brooklyn Reckoning
99. Chapter 99: Moves and Countermoves
100. Chapter 100: Fractures
101. Chapter 101: Cold Morning
102. Chapter 102: The Devil's Deal
103. Chapter 103: Shattered Glass
104. Chapter 104: Reclamation (Part I)
105. Chapter 105: Reclamation (Part II)
106. Chapter 106: Dawn's Promise
107. Chapter 107: Back to Blood
108. Chapter 108: Shut Up and Fight
109. Chapter 109: Into the Fire
110. Chapter 110: Wounds and Words
111. Chapter 111: The Waiting
112. Chapter 112: Balancing Act
113. Chapter 113: Morning After
114. Chapter 114: The Call
115. Chapter 115: The Brewery
116. Chapter 116: Coming Home
117. Chapter 117: Carmine's
118. Chapter 118: Brighton Beach
119. Chapter 119: The Church
120. Chapter 120: The First Day
121. Chapter 121: The Message
122. Chapter 122: War Council
123. Chapter 123: Three Fires
124. Chapter 124: Fortress
125. Chapter 125: The Assault
126. Chapter 126: The Response
127. Chapter 127: Red Hook
128. Chapter 128: All Fronts
129. Chapter 129: The Lieutenant
130. Chapter 130: The Interrogation
131. Chapter 131: The Heart
132. Chapter 132: The Rescue
133. Chapter 133: Captive
134. Chapter 134: The Devil is Coming
135. Chapter 135: Breaking Free
136. Chapter 136: The Trap
137. Chapter 137: Midnight
138. Chapter 138: Extraction
139. Chapter 139: The Truth
140. Chapter 140: The Coalition
141. Chapter 141: Preparations
142. Chapter 142: First Contact
143. Chapter 143: Per Se
144. Chapter 144: The Response
145. Chapter 145: Temptation
146. Chapter 146: The Matriarch's Wisdom
147. Chapter 147: The Refusal
148. Chapter 148: First Blood
149. Chapter 149: Endgame
150. Chapter 150: Preparations
151. Chapter 151: The Devil Arrives
152. Chapter 152: Seventy-Two Hours
153. Chapter 153: Counter-Strike
154. Chapter 154: The Fall
155. Chapter 155: New Order
156. Chapter 156: Partnership
157. Chapter 157: The First Test
158. Chapter 158: Hidden Alliances
159. Chapter 159: The Trap Springs
160. Chapter 160: The Devil's Rage
161. Chapter 161: Counterplay
162. Chapter 162: Ashes and Allies
163. Chapter 163: Aftermath
164. Chapter 164: Family Ghosts
165. Chapter 165: New Foundations
166. Chapter 166: The Sister's Offer
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