Pain was survival in Book 1. In Book 2, pain has purpose.
Lucas is no longer the kid on the ropes. He's a fighter now-branded by blood, betrayal, and every choice he can't take back. As Rio's underground scene pulls him deeper,
his fists become currency-and his silence, armor
.
But no matter how many fights he wins, the past keeps swinging back.
Old wounds reopen. New enemies close in. And the cost of staying alive? It might be everything Lucas still has left.
A brutal, emotional continuation of a fighter's journey through loyalty, loss, and the lies we tell ourselves to stay standing.