And Then the Devil Cried, Ep. #1 by Ellie Fox

The Devil doesn’t always laugh.
Sometimes, he weeps with you.
Marcus Troy is the man everyone fears.

Rho Bennett considers himself the drug kingpin’s right hand but things change when Rho brings home Adam, an orphan boy who never had a real family and who is having a rough time finding his balance in the world.
Rho wants to protect the boy but when Marcus sets his sights for Adam, Rho feels obligated to step down.
Only there is a side to Marcus that Rho doesn’t know. Marcus does nothing but torture the boy into submission even when Adam is unwilling because Adam still harbors feelings for Rho.
Rho watches Adam get tortured, and it hurts him but his ties to Marcus confuse him and he can’t go against the man who saved him. All he can do is help Adam without their boss knowing but that’s not going to be easy.
So, when the boss finally dies, Rho is elated that they can finally be together, but things don’t work out that way and Marcus’s death launches everyone into a new world that is unfamiliar territory to Rho.