From Street Rat To Mafia Boss

Fate Begins

Dane was a 24-year-old boy with the eyes of someone who had seen too much.At five, he became an orphan. With no one to care for him, he learned to survive on the streets. By seven, he was already a skilled pickpocket. He often got beaten when caught stealing from the market, even though he was just a child. The bruises came often—so did the hunger.He became a thief, stealing every single day. People would chase him, yelling “Street rat!” That was the only way he could survive in a broken, lawless country. He did what he could, tried his best in everything, but survival was the only thing he knew.Now, at 24, Dane was still pickpocketing. He worked at a small bakery, but it wasn’t enough. Recently, he had been questioning his life.Why isn’t anything changing?Why is my life stuck like this?Am I going to be pickpocketing forever? Is this it? Just the bakery and the streets?Rent was a constant struggle. Now that he had a place to live, he couldn’t even afford to keep it. He needed t