Reign of the Rossi Queen

Three months later, the Chicago underworld had forgotten the meaning of the word 'rebellion'. The Rossi Syndicate ruled the Midwest with unchallenged, absolute authority. The Detroit faction had been dismantled, the corrupt politicians purged, and peace—the iron-clad, profitable peace of an undisputed empire—settled over the city. On a warm spring evening, the grand ballroom of the lakeside fortress was bathed in the golden light of hundreds of crystal sconces. Every…