Chapter 103: The New King of Stonegate

The death of a king, even one as reviled as Venom, does not happen in a vacuum. It creates a void, a sudden absence of pressure that threatens to implode the entire structure he built. In the underworld of Stonegate, news of Venom’s demise traveled not as a whisper, but as a shockwave. It rattled the foundations of every grimy bar, every illicit gambling den, and every street corner he controlled. Chaos was the expected successor to Venom’s throne. Panic began to fester among his lieutenants...