Chapter 1

Damon Knight groaned as he stirred and sat up. He checked the time. It was four in the morning. He had somehow managed to sleep on his table, again. He shook his head and went in to his room to get sorted.

By eight, his secretary, Candice walked in. She smiled, her usual motherly smile as she walked over with the file.

"I assume you slept off in the table yesterday boss?" she asks.

He gave a very curt nod as he looked through the files.

"You have a meeting with the Carlton Group first thing this morning regarding the new artificial port. Government representatives will join in after 11 am. If all goes well you are sealing the deal in the afternoon," smiled Candice.

"Well, If I want it I am going to get it," said Damon as he got up and walked out, Candice following at a more normal pace.

His security detail joined in. As he walked down the stairs he saw his dad Abernathy Knight who was giving him the evil eye.

He groaned inside.

"I and your mother did not see you back home yesterday," said Abernathy.

Yeah. He still lived with his parents because no one was going to judge him for being dependant on them and they are the only people he liked on this earth, maybe apart from Candice and her husband.

"I may have slept off a bit," said Damon.

"Dame-"

"Dad please, spare me the lecture. I will be coming home tonight. Now I have more important things to deal with than your petty issues," said Damon and stormed past him.

Abernathy sighed as he looked at his only son whose mind was already in his work as he went off to the conference area.

Candice smiled at Abernathy.

"After all these years, I wonder if any of us went wrong," said Candice.

"I think maybe we did go wrong. He- He forgot his mother's birthday and he did something she will not forgive on her birthday. He displaced 1000 families in our inherited family property I won through the case," said Abernathy.

"I will ask Rick to have a word with him. Maybe Richard will be able to get through to him," said Candice.

"Hopefully," said Abernathy shaking his head as he walked out. The guards his son has appointed for him accompanied him.

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Melena Carlton and her husband Gregory Carlton were shrewd people. They knew what the possibilities of a merger work for the port were. It was a given that only a merger can win the contract. Among all the dirt in their world, Carlton seemed to be the ones worth associating with.

They did all the background works and they agreed for the merger work but under one of their sub-companies named Ze1 and they got all the papers prepared, now ready to meet with the government officials in a few hours as their staff worked over time.

Damon was a person who always had atleast five plans. But when it came to the port deal he was thwarted at all the other four plans by the most dreaded Mafia man in the world. Damon feared no one. He knew Arcari won't be able to kill him. He was thankful for his royal blood at that point because killing the royal blood would be like taunting the royalty directly which no one would do unless they were dying, not even the most powerful mafia don if he did not wish to go underground and live with royalty as his enemy. He also had the confidence that he can fend for himself and thwart any mafia attack on him which is not to say he was never attacked. Oh, Zenon Arcari has even had him shot once, not to kill but to scare.

Damon sighed as he looked at the Carlton. They were Plan H.

Damon signed the merger documents.

He was about to get up when the doors opened and in walked Zenon Arcari. The man looked like a giant even while walking through the door, his aura chilling the spines of everyone around him.

His eyes were dark and he looked up at Damon. Damon, when angered was not someone who can be dealt with easily. They were the same height and the intimidation happened sheerly by what advantage they held over each other which often gets neutralised by the other. The one-upping came was good amongst them both.

Zenon smirked as he sat down, one leg over the other, moving his arm which has tattoos beginning from his arm. The man wore a stud on one of his ears.

"To what do I owe this displeasure?" asked Damon sitting back, one leg over the other as he looked back at Zenon cooly.

"Well, I just bought the sub company you signed the merger with. I mean- I bought it the day before but my people are just registering it as we speak," said Zenon, his deep voice scaring everyone in the room but Damon.

"What?"Damon looked at the Carltons who looked down.

Apparently not even the most shrewd people can't stand before the Mafia Don.

"Which means, you will be doing this with me. My way or not at all. How does that sound Damon Knight?" asked Arcari looking up at him.

Damon got up and pulled out his gun pointing it at Arcari. Aracri's men all had a gun out pointing it at him.

"Sir, We only have fifteen minutes before we have to meet the government officials," said Candice.

Damon looked at Arcari who got up and kept his hand on Damon's gun.

"Imagine Damon, you shoot me and you got to jail and what about all that you made till this day?" snorted Zenon and walked out.

Damon threw the nearest thing, a vase at the glass which did not break to give him a satisfaction as he always insisted on the best and had installed unbreakable glasses.

Damon walked out. He was furious even as they signed the deal with the ministry. Arcari seemed to have bribed some officials too.

Once they got out, Arcari signed for all of his guards to leave and looked at Damon.

Damon looked at him unwilling to back down.

"You know doing the deal with me will be more profitable than anyone you had chosen and yet the profit mongering Damon Knight refused to consider it because I am your competition," said Arcari.

"Well, the clean business you do is faring pretty well. And I won't let anyone step on me and above me," said Damon and sneered and walked off.

Zenon snorted and walked off.

"Oh and Zenon Arcari, you will pay for that," said Damon and walked off.