Chapter 12 - The Night the City Turned Against MeWe released the evidence.
Within hours, politicians resigned.
Judges disappeared.
Police officers surrendered.
Banks froze accounts.
Moretti's network collapsed.
But my own empire collapsed too.
The city turned against me.
For the first time, people saw me not as a king.
But as a criminal.
I could have fought.
Instead, I walked into a federal building and surrendered.
Elena begged me not to.
I kissed her.
“If I keep running, our children will spend their lives looking over their shoulders.”
I surrendered everything.
My money.
My properties.
My weapons.
My empire.
In exchange, the government agreed to protect Elena, Lucia, Marco, and Ricardo.
I accepted prison.
But before I entered the courtroom, Moretti made one final move.
He escaped.
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And he left a message.
You can take my empire. You can't take my revenge.
