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Chapter 3 - Episode 3: “The Fall of Trust“

Opening – Rain and Whispers

The night sky hangs low. Rain beats hard on the roof of Killa Nostra’s base.

Inside the dark room, Noxxa sits alone.

On the table before him — dried blood stains and a necklace found the night before.

He spins the necklace slowly, as if it could still whisper from the past.

> Noxxa (softly):

“If you’re foolish enough to sell your own blood…

you’re not family anymore.”

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Scene 1 – Voices from the Street

Vynna walks in, throwing a crumpled file on the table.

> Vynna:

“I found him. The one who sold us out to the Vultures. His name’s Kade — an old brother from the west block.”

Raze tenses, jaw clenched.

> Raze:

“Kade? That kid swore the oath with us the night the crown was made.”

Noxxa looks toward the window.

> Noxxa:

“Sometimes the ones you trust the most… are the first to stab you in the back.”

Lynx, quiet until now, speaks up.

> Lynx:

“Let’s just kill him already.”

Vynna glares.

> Vynna:

“Listen, kid. In this family, we don’t shoot first.

We give them one last chance to speak.”

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Scene 2 – The Meeting

An old warehouse at the city’s edge.

Kade sits tied to a chair, beaten but defiant.

Noxxa stands before him, holding the rusted Nostra necklace.

> Noxxa:

“You know what this necklace means, Kade?”

> Kade:

“Yeah. And I know you’re just using it as an excuse to control this city.”

Raze slaps him hard.

> Raze:

“Watch your mouth. You’re standing before the crown.”

Kade laughs, blood on his lips.

> Kade:

“The crown? It’s just an empty symbol.

Noxxa doesn’t care about us — he just wants to be king of the ruins.”

Silence.

Lynx glances at Noxxa — uncertain.

That uncertainty spreads like poison in the air.

> Noxxa:

“If I wanted to be king…

I’d already be sitting on your corpses.”

He picks up a pistol from the table.

> Noxxa:

“I’m no king.

I’m just a man who believes loyalty is stronger than blood.”

A single gunshot.

Kade falls.

The room goes silent again.

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Scene 3 – The Crack in the Crown

Days after Kade’s execution, something shifts.

Lynx grows quiet. His eyes colder — as if questioning everything.

Vynna watches him from afar.

> Vynna:

“He’s still young.

The first wound in a family always leaves the deepest scar.”

Noxxa replies briefly.

> Noxxa:

“If he can’t stand the sight of blood…

he’ll never be able to protect the crown.”

That night, Lynx stands on the rooftop, speaking softly to the sky.

> Lynx:

“Loyalty over everything…

But if ‘everything’ is wrong… does loyalty still mean something?”

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Closing Scene

The Killa Nostra base feels quieter than ever.

The rain has stopped, but the air is heavy.

Noxxa stares at the iron crown on the table — a symbol once built on blood, now cracked by doubt.

> Noxxa (inner voice):

“Trust doesn’t fall because of enemies…

It falls because of family.”

End of Episode 3

Loyalty begins to break. The crown begins to crack.

But the legend… has only just begun.

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