CHAPTER 37: YOUR SON, JUST DECLARED WAR.
Scene: Pete's Private Warehouse – Hidden Room
Pete stood in front of a massive map.
Pins. Strings. Photos. Names. Every piece of his father's empire... laid out like a corpse on an autopsy table.
> "This… ends now," Pete whispered.
Behind him stood his most loyal men.
> "I don't want dents. I don't want scratches. I want flames. Full. On. Collapse."
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Flashback: Moments After Mek's Escape
Pete held Mek in his arms, bloodied and barely conscious.
And that's when something snapped.
His love wasn't just something to protect.
It was something worth starting a war for.
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Scene: Pete's Father's Mansion – Underground Office
BOOM.
The walls trembled.
Smoke.
Screams.
Guards running in all directions.
A message was left on the screen of every security monitor:
> 💀 "This is for touching what's mine."
—P
His father gritted his teeth, flipping over the desk.
> "You ungrateful bastard."
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Scene: Mek – Safehouse, Bandaged, Watching News
Mek sat quietly, watching the chaos unfold on screen.
—Explosions at the docks.
—Illegal smuggling networks busted.
—Accounts frozen.
And the name behind it all?
> "An anonymous mafia heir known only as 'P'."
Mek's heart pounded.
> "Pete…" he whispered.
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Scene: Pete – Confrontation with the Board of Mafia Heads
They tried to reason with him.
> "You're losing control."
"You're choosing love over legacy."
"You're destroying generations of power for a boy."
Pete? He lit a cigar. Looked them dead in the eye.
> "I'm not choosing love over legacy.
I'm choosing a new legacy. One with him in it."
He blew smoke.
Dropped a grenade (fake, for drama).
Walked out.
Like a king in his own burning castle.
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Scene: Mek – Pete Returns to Him
Mek stood up, weak but determined.
> "You're hurting everything you've built. For me."
Pete cupped his face, gently.
> "No. I'm building something better.
Something that doesn't bleed you.
Doesn't chain you.
Doesn't ask me to choose between power and you—because baby, you ARE the power."
And Mek?
He melted.