The air in the Boston basement apartment was thick with the scent of old paper and damp brick.
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Chapter 4 / 10
Chapter 4 - THE DESTRUCTION OF THE ALLIANCEThree days later, the underworld of Chicago and New York experienced a seismic collapse.
With Carlo Rossi in federal custody and cooperating to avoid a life sentence, Dominic unleashed his full, unhindered power against the Duca family. The "engagement" to Seraphina was publicly shattered when federal financial crimes units—fed by documents Dominic had spent two years compiling—raided Duca shipping ports from Baltimore to Boston.
Seraphina Duca was arrested at her family’s East Coast estate for international money laundering and conspiracy, her wedding dress replaced by an orange jumpsuit.
The war was over before it could truly begin. And Dominic Valente stood atop the ruins of both empires, holding absolute, uncontested dominance over the Midwest.
