Chapter 3 - The Broken Empire
Six months ago, Massimo Pascale was an untouchable ghost in the underworld. Controlling the docks of Boston, he walked through life with absolute, arrogant invincibility. But a brutal drive-by shooting orchestrated by a rival syndicate shattered his spine, leaving him paralyzed from the waist down.
When he woke up in a private medical ward, Massimo’s world imploded.
He discovered that while he was fighting for his life, his most trusted underboss, Dominic, had quietly begun usurping his territory, taking over the shipments, and whispering poison among the capos that Massimo was permanently weak and unfit to rule.
Refusing to show weakness, Massimo discharged himself to his isolated Boston mansion, locking himself away. He fired five physical therapists in two weeks—some fled in tears, others quit out of sheer terror after he threw heavy objects at their heads.
Enter Tessa Fitzgerald. Hired by Massimo's loyal family doctor who knew Tessa possessed a spine of steel, she was brought in with a single mandate: get the mafia boss walking, or the syndicate would completely fracture into a bloody civil war.
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Massimo thought Tessa was just another fragile civilian he could intimidate into quitting within an hour. He had severely underestimated her.
👉 Tessa refused to let him surrender to his wheelchair, but Dominic was already planning a lethal strike to ensure Massimo never left it.
