Chapter 1

James McAllen POV

I can't even begin to express how good life has been going for me, I can't complain but I can explain it better to you. After I started with my dad's gang I was able to take it one step further easily, I hired my best friend and some of my closest friends that I knew I could count on and we got so good at this that we are not even a gang anymore, we are part of the mafia now. Is it more dangerous? I can assure you it is but I can also assure that the money and the power make it easier.

I just got home from my well deserved vacation when Alex called me to the warehouse. When I got there I saw the four of them waiting for me in the reunion room, which we made soundproof to stop our conversations from being heard by the wrong person.

"Can someone explain to me what is happening? I was supposed to only come by in the afternoon" I say looking at all of them and I see they are all serious. What happened when I wasn't here for a week? Did somebody die?

"We are being threatened and challenged by another group. They already threatened our families. W don't know what to do" When Mason said that I almost started laughing, the way they are treating this makes it seem like it's something new, the threats are always in the air, the danger is always around. I'm glad he's in charge of the weapons because he doesn't seem the smartest now. Dying his hair blonde didn't favor him after all.

"What's new about that? Because that isn't new, I mean my mother once received a letter written with blood and murder threats. We have to keep our security strong, maybe reinforce it and hire more bodyguards for our families. After that, all we have to do is find the person making the threats and take care of the problem by its roots" I say and I swear that the only reason that I am not angry for called here for something so obvious is only because they didn't interrupt my vacation for this or I would be fuming at them because this was just plain unnecessary.

"Do you think we are dumb? We tried it all, we can't find out who the leader is. Ethan talked with friends he has in the group, nobody knows who's in charge, Mateo couldn't find anything online or anywhere for that matter. We tried to catch them by surprise and guess what? They were already gone, the place was empty, it only had a note saying to try again. This is nothing that has ever happened to us, we never saw this before. They pointed a gun at Alison! It wasn't a fucking letter! We have to do something!"

Listen, I know Alex since I can remember but I never saw him like this, ever. If there is anyone who protects his family at all costs it's him, especially Alison, probably because she's the only woman and the youngest person in his family but after their mother died, Alison was his and their father's priority. I can't imagine how it was for them knowing that this was the best scenario, she could have died. After a few moments in silence, I finally said something.

"Ok, this is more serious than what I originally thought. Is she okay?" I ask. I didn't know what to do, we always find something, now we are blinded and I don't like it.

"I am. I am also here since before you arrived" I hear her voice and I look at the sofa to my left and there she is, laying down, with her phone and a cut on her cheek. I get closer and she rolls her eyes.

"What is that?" I ask and when I was going to touch her cheek, she backed away. Why does she hate me?

"They hit me with the gun after threatening me, it's not a big deal. It's just a scratch, that's what they said in the hospital, the person was weak for what it seems"

"Alright. Mateo star calling to all my contacts in the area they were settled before, somebody must have seen something. Mason star prepping the maximum of weapons possible. Don't sell as much as we usually do, we may need it as backup, we don't know if they are planning an attack on ur or not. Ethan reinforce the drug trafficking in their area, it may infuriate them enough for the leader to show his face. Alex, lets a strategic plan in case they come to attack us here, we don't know who's the boss but we know how much they are in, or we can guess from what we know" I say and they all leave to do what I said and it's quickly just me and Alison in the room, who also very quickly gets up to leave.

"Seems like my turn to leave, have a great day" she says and starts leaving but I grab her pulse stopping her from leaving and she quickly brushed my hand off and looked at me seriously "What do you want James?"

"He said that if you weren't careful I would just be the start of your downfall to destruction," she says and I feel something inside me fuming. They choose a dangerous beginning. None of us has sisters, as a matter of fact, she's protected by all of us like she was our own little sister. Ladies and gentlemen, this is what I call playing with fire.

"If you need something you can call me, you know that if you call me I'll be there"

"Of course, good luck with the new plan, I'm gonna go. Tell Alex not to go into some paranoia. I'm going home, the bodyguard is waiting for me outside. Goodbye and welcome back from vacation"

She gets out and I sit in one of the chairs without knowing what to do, I never expected this to happen. A few minutes later Alex gets in with the warehouse plant and I explain where Alison went and he seemed fine. We started studying the plant and making the plans necessary in case of attack. All I could think about was the threat that was made. Ho is killing a family member the beginning? What comes after that? They are undermining our group, we are more than what we look to the exterior. We didn't get here for pure luck and no son of a bitch will take this from us. No fucking way.