couldn't shake the look in Zane's eyes-how they seemed to see right through her, like he knew every secret she kept lo

ng her out of her thoughts. It was a

e old warehouse on the edge of

knew who it was from. The mess

ther anymore. Something else was brewing, something bigger than she ev

etal doors creaking in the wind. It was the last place anyone would think to l

ows. Zane. He stepped forward as she neared, his hands cas

but not mocking. There was a certain respect in his

ust stood there, waiting f

ther abandoned you?" Zane asked, hi

e stopped seeking answers from the man who was supposed to be her prot

don't know is that your father didn't leave you behind by choice. Th

her heart racing. "Wha

spond, a sharp voi

ing dangerous

g from the shadows, flanked by two men who looked

mply gave his brother a p

to get involved, but it's too late now. There's a war coming. A war between the old f

. A war? What war? Her father's disappearance wasn't just a fallout of

embling. "My father left because he di

nt to be useless, Yara. You were part of a bigger plan. But when h

eaving too many unanswered questions. She had always known her fam

g me this?" she ask

. "Because now, you're involved. You're the k

actly do you expect me to do? You think I'm going

it. "No. I don't expect you to join us. I expect you to help us tak

of the most powerful mafia organizations in the country. But who were these

nted to walk away from this,

at's been growing in power, led by a man named Dele Okafor. He's been making moves o

ard whispers of him in the underground circles, but to know he wa

eed to find out what your father left behind. The key to ending

the player. The stakes were higher than she could have ever imagined, and the K

steady. "But don't think for a

unspoken, but his response was a si