King Capone: The Rise of the Street Emperor

Previously

…He rose slowly, his body aching, his mind reeling. Thorne, his face smudged with soot, met his gaze with a triumphant sneer. "Looks like your whole world just went up in smoke, Capone." But Capone’s eyes were fixed on the lifeless form of Slick Rick. The fear of losing control had driven him to unimaginable depths, but this… this was a loss that cut deeper than any scar. He had built an empire on loyalty, and now, that foundation had crumbled beneath him, leaving him standing alone on the precipice of his own reckoning. The Boogie Man had faced his greatest fear, and it was not the enemy without, but the enemy within, the one who wore a familiar face.