All Chapters of King of the Underground : Chapter 11
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The Devil's Bargain
Chapter 11: The Devil’s BargainThe rain hadn't stopped since Cain's death.It was as if the sky itself mourned what Jaxon lost—a man forged in war, loyal to the end, and now buried in an unmarked grave beneath an abandoned lot. There was no time for funerals. Not in this war. Not when blood still painted the streets and Kade Creed’s empire grew more monstrous by the hour.Jaxon stood alone in the basement of the safehouse, staring at the crude map pinned to the wall. Red strings. Photos. Targets. Supply lines. Surveillance towers. There were fewer allies now. Fewer faces he could trust.Footsteps approached behind him.Miko descended the stairs, her limp worse today. “You’re not going to like this.”“I haven’t liked anything in weeks,” Jaxon muttered.She handed him a burner phone.“It’s encrypted. Came through one of Vera’s dead channels. The sender wants to meet.”Jaxon’s eyes darkened. “Who?”She hesitated. “Lorenzo Vega.”Jaxon’s jaw tightened.Vega—the ghost of the southern synd
Bunker Blood
Chapter 12: Bunker BloodAvalon Park was once a children's amusement ground—colorful rides, cotton candy stalls, laughter echoing across cheap speakers. Now, it was nothing but rusted metal and overgrown weeds, a perfect mask for something far more sinister.Kade’s bunker lay beneath it.Jaxon stood at the edge of the collapsed roller coaster, dressed in black from boots to gloves, a suppressed rifle slung across his back. Next to him, Vega lit a cigar, unbothered by the rain, his two mercenaries flanking him like hungry wolves.“You ready?” Vega asked, exhaling smoke. “This is the kind of place where heroes go missing.”“I’m not a hero,” Jaxon said. “I’m the man who buries them.”He turned to Miko and Lyra behind him.“Comms are dark until we breach,” Miko said, adjusting her headset. “I’ve got the frequency jammer ready for internal control. Cain’s frequency is still patched in—if there’s anything saved in the old relay logs, I’ll pull it during the breach.”Jaxon nodded. “Stick to
Marked for Death
Chapter 13: Marked for DeathThe city didn’t sleep.At least, not the parts that mattered.Jaxon sat in the dim light of the safehouse, eyes glued to the news feed on the cracked TV screen. The headlines screamed of violence, chaos — "The Underworld War Escalates: Innocents Caught in Crossfire."He barely listened.His phone buzzed — a burner, the only line left to trusted contacts.Miko.They took Vera.The word hit Jaxon like a bullet.He slammed his fist on the table, sending a glass of water shattering against the wall.Vera Locke was more than an ally — she was the key to a fragile truce between fractured syndicates. Without her, the fragile balance that kept Kade’s forces at bay was collapsing.Jaxon cursed under his breath.Outside, the city’s neon glow blurred into rain. Every shadow was a threat. Every step could be a trap.Miko’s voice came sharp over the earpiece.“They’re coming for us, Jax. Full force. It’s not just Vera — Dom’s safehouse was burned down last night. Lyra’
Blood Ties
Chapter 14: Blood TiesThe safehouse was no longer safe.Jaxon paced the cramped living room, every muscle tense. The weight of betrayal pressed down on him like a suffocating fog.They’d barely escaped the substation when Miko’s warning came in.There’s a leak.Someone on the inside was selling them out.Vera had her suspicions. Her sharp eyes scanned the room like a hawk hunting prey.“Trust no one,” she said, voice cold as steel.Jaxon nodded, swallowing hard. He already knew betrayal wasn’t a question of if, but who.The circle tightened.Lyra sat by the window, cleaning her pistol with meticulous precision. She glanced up.“You think it’s one of us?”Jaxon met her gaze, eyes dark.“I have to.”Miko entered, holding a cracked tablet. “I traced the signal that tipped off Kade’s men last night. It came from… inside this house.”The room fell silent.Vera’s eyes narrowed. “That means someone here is playing both sides.”Jaxon clenched his fists.The safehouse was small. Too small for
Crossfire
Chapter 15: Crossfire The safehouse was silent. Too silent. Jaxon moved like a shadow through the dim hallway, senses razor-sharp, every muscle primed for confrontation. The air was thick with betrayal, thick enough to choke. The truth had been whispered, but not spoken outright: a traitor lived among them, feeding Kade’s insatiable hunger for blood. Jaxon’s mind raced, piecing together fragments — the missed signals, the failed ambushes, the inside knowledge Kade’s men had every time they struck. He stopped outside the door to the control room. Inside, Miko sat at the console, fingers flying over the keyboard. Her eyes flicked up, haunted. “It’s worse than we thought,” she said quietly. Jaxon stepped inside. “We’ve been compromised on every front. Communications, safehouses, supply routes. Kade’s men are one step ahead because someone’s been selling us out—down to the smallest detail.” Lyra was there too, loading her pistol with precise movements. “We find the leak tonigh
Broken Chains
Chapter 16: Broken ChainsThe rain hammered down on Cape Heights, washing the grime from the cracked streets but doing nothing to cleanse the bitterness that clung to Jaxon’s soul. He stood on the rooftop of the safehouse, rain soaking through his jacket, wind tugging at his hair like a restless spirit trying to tear him away from the past.He stared out at the city — a sprawling maze of steel and shadows, a jungle where only the strongest survived. But he didn’t feel strong. Not anymore.The war had taken everything from him.Cain was dead.Dom had betrayed them.Vera was barely holding the fractured alliances together.And the man who’d poisoned his father, who’d burned his family empire to ash, was still out there — watching, waiting.Jaxon clenched his fists until his nails bit into his palms. His knuckles cracked, the sting grounding him to the moment.He was broken.But he wasn’t finished.Inside the safehouse, the tension was suffocating.Miko sat quietly on a worn-out couch, h
Rising Ashes
Chapter 17: Rising AshesThe first light of dawn clawed its way through the shattered skyline of Cape Heights, casting long, golden fingers over the rubble and ruin that had become the city’s battleground. The firestorms of the night before still smoldered, thick smoke curling into the pale morning sky like ghostly tendrils.Jaxon stood at the edge of the rooftop, watching the city stir awake. His shoulder throbbed from the sniper’s bullet, but pain was nothing new — a constant companion in this war.He glanced behind him at his team gathered below: Vera tightening her gloves, Lyra checking her weapons, Miko loading data into encrypted drives. They were battered, bruised, but alive. And that was all that mattered.“This is it,” Jaxon said, voice low but fierce. “Kade’s empire ends today.”Vera met his gaze, her eyes hard. “The final assault. No turning back.”Lyra cracked her neck, a ghost of a smile flickering across her lips. “Time to burn it all down.”The plan was brutal in its si
Ashes to Empire
Chapter 18: Ashes to EmpireThe first gray light of dawn spilled over Cape Heights, casting long shadows across the shattered cityscape. The smoke from last night’s assault still curled in thick ribbons above the ruins of Kade’s command center, a dark testament to the war that had torn the city apart.Jaxon stood at the cracked window of the safehouse, watching as the city stirred—shopkeepers opening their shutters, street vendors shouting over one another, kids dodging puddles and rubble, trying to reclaim some semblance of normalcy. But beneath the surface, the city was raw, broken, and bleeding.He ran his fingers through his damp hair, exhaustion tugging at his bones. The war wasn’t over. It had only just shifted into a new phase.Behind him, the soft shuffling of footsteps drew his attention. Vera, Lyra, and Miko gathered in the dim room, faces hard but determined.Jaxon turned. “We burned down his fortress. We shattered the throne.”“But the ashes still burn,” Vera said, her voi
The Enemy Within
Chapter 19: The Enemy WithinThe city’s pulse had changed. Cape Heights was no longer just a battleground — it was a warzone riddled with whispers and shadows. But the most dangerous enemy wasn’t the one in the streets. It was the one inside their own walls.Jaxon sat in the dim light of the safehouse, the weight of betrayal still pressing heavy on his chest. The victory over Kade’s empire had cost more than he ever imagined. But now, a new threat loomed — one closer, deadlier.“Someone’s leaking our plans,” Miko said, voice low and urgent. Her fingers flew over the keyboard, scanning through reams of intercepted data.Jaxon’s gaze hardened. “Again?”“Yeah. Every move we make, they’re one step ahead.”Lyra stood near the window, eyes scanning the rain-soaked streets below. “Trust is fragile, Jax. Once it breaks, it’s hard to put back together.”Vera’s voice cut through the tension. “Then we find the traitor. Whoever it is, they’re playing a dangerous game.”The team went silent, each
Final Gambit
Chapter 20: Final GambitThe city was a powder keg, every corner of Cape Heights bristling with tension. For months, the war had raged—a brutal dance of blood and betrayal that left scars on its streets and souls. Tonight, everything came down to this moment. Jaxon knew the stakes: this was his last move, his final gamble.Inside the safehouse, the air was thick with anticipation. The team was gathered around a battered metal table, maps and intel spread before them like a battlefield itself. The glow of a flickering lamp cast sharp shadows across their faces, reflecting exhaustion but also fierce determination.Vera’s eyes burned with fire. “This is it. No second chances. We hit Kade’s network at the core—his vaults, his arms, his loyal lieutenants. We cut the head off the snake.”Miko’s fingers flew over her encrypted laptop, her voice steady despite the tension. “I’ve infiltrated their financial systems. We’ll freeze his accounts—cut off his cash flow and cripple his operations.”L