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Chapter 2 - REQRUITMENT

Jay's pov

My phone buzzed again

 BLACK VIPERS:- New hatchling incoming.

about black vipers:-

People think power is loud.Guns. Blood. Chaos.

They're wrong.

Power… is silence.

It's the moment a city changes overnight and no one knows why.It's when leaders disappear and no one dares to ask where they went.It's control so absolute… it doesn't need to prove itself.

That's how Black Viper began.

Not as a gang.Not as an empire.

But as a correction.

The underground was weak back then—fractured, reckless.Everyone wanted power, but no one knew how to hold it.They fought over scraps like it meant something.

So I fixed it.

One by one… I removed the instability.Not with noise. Not with war.

Precision.

A deal redirected here.A leader replaced there.A message sent—once.

Enough for them to understand.

And when they didn't…they disappeared.

No one saw me.No one knew me.

But they felt it.

They started calling it the Viper.

I didn't stop them.

Because fear spreads faster when it doesn't have a face.

By the time they realized what was happening…there was nothing left to fight.

Only one system remained.

Mine.

Black Viper.

Loyalty here isn't a choice.

It never was.

People lie.They betray.They break.

So I made sure they couldn't.

The Venom Pact isn't just a rule—it's a leash.

You obey… or you lose everything.

Your power.Your name.Your future.

And if that's not enough—someone you care about pays the price.

Cruel?

Maybe.

Effective?

Always.

They don't know who I am.

Not the city.Not the enemies.

Not even the ones closest to me.

Especially not him.

Angelo.

He stands at the top… thinking he serves something greater.Thinking he understands this system.

If he knew the truth—

that every order he's ever followedcame from his own sister…

Would he still stand beside me?

Or against me?

It doesn't matter.

Because in the end—

even he answers to Alpha Viper.

Black Viper isn't feared because we're powerful.

We're feared because we're inevitable.

You don't fight us.You don't escape us.

You don't even see us.

By the time you realize we exist—

you're already part of the system. 🐍

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