This showdown has been a long time coming.

Facing my enemies means facing my own past and my own weaknesses.

But I've grown stronger.

I've learned from my failures.

And I won't lose again.

Not when the stakes are so high.

Chicago isn't big enough for all of us.

That much is clear.
No matter the history that runs deep between the families.

The fake truces they've established are crumbling around us.

Soon, nothing but a pile of rubble and ashes will remain.

I welcome it.

Because I will rise from the destruction stronger.

Unbreakable.

I will command and rule this city.

The only other option is death.

***Commanding Pride is the twelfth book in The Deadliest Sin Series about organized crime in Chicago. This series is best read in order, as the stories are chronological and each sin builds on the events of the previous one.***</b></i>