The three Kapoor brothers were rumoured to be ruthless, devils in suits, gentlemen at day and monsters at night. It was no secret that the city knew about their dirty business, but neither did anyone complain, nor did anyone go against the Kapoors, except a new bastard named Karthik Mehra.

While Aditya's reputation was based on simmering rage, bold, reckless ideas that somehow worked, and the blunt in-your-face dealings of a warrior, the other Kapoor brothers had very different reputations.

Ashish was the crime family’s second-in-command, the underboss, the savage prince next in line to the family throne. Everyone called him the fixer because he was the one who cleaned up the other Kapoors' messes. Duty and family were said to be everything to him. To get to Aditya you had to get by him first—and little did. He was said to be meticulous, merciless, and deceptive in his dealings, and emotionless and icy cold.

The third brother, the illegitimate son, Arjun was known as the enforcer. People usually preferred to whisper his name. Unlike Aditya and Ashish, he held no right to the family throne because he was born out of marriage and according to the rules of the family, children born out of wedlock were of less importance but Aditya treated his little brother with no discrimination. He handled the darker side of the family business. He was in charge of security, collections, and he also ran the army of soldiers who served as the lethal arm of the Kapoor family. If, as an outsider, you had to deal with him or his men, you were already in big trouble.

"Aditya, I’ll need your okay to proceed with a new arms shipment. The buyer wants them immediately.” As predicted, Ashish cut straight to the topic not caring about the cause of their meeting. It was a usual for the brothers to get together on Saturday nights in the bar for a drink or two.

"I'll take a look into it." Aditya said drowning himself in more liquor. It was his second bottle of the night. 
Arjun knew a little about what was happening with his brother and his wife but he knew that it was not his place to interfere. So he sat quietly, pouring himself a glass, not really in a mood to indulge in conversations.

"What is up with you tonight?" Ashish asked not liking the way his older brother was behaving. He was never this loose. Arjun rarely ever spoke, so that was understandable, but Aditya loved their get togethers every once in a while. He would always crack some stupid jokes and get all of them laughing but tonight all he did was drink.

"Ashish, why do you think Karan cheats on Mrinal?" The question was sloppy from Aditya's mouth, the alcohol already affecting his speech.

"Ask him. I mean I wouldn't want to get married and settle for a single pussy for the rest of my life." Ashish let out a chuckle and sipped his drink but no one laughed along. Arjun was rather occupied staring at the ice cubes melting down in his drink while Aditya just stared at him with no emotions.

"Oh well, you are married. Shit I tend to forget about that. How is my sister-in-law?" Ashish smiled cheekly to Aditya who continued to glare at him.

Before Aditya could reply, Arjun's phone buzzed taking them all by surprise.

"Hello?" Before he could finish the sentence, Aditya saw the change in his expression. Clearly something was up. He immediately sobered up.

"What is it?" Aditya asked, duty taking over him.

"Shit! Trouble in the ports. That bastard Mehra has sophisticated all our goods and a few of our men were attacked. A bomb went off."

"Shit." Ashish grunted under his breath, immediately standing up from his seat, tucking the gun to his waistband. Aditya stood up too but he tripped, the alcohol taking a toll on him.

"Woah woah woah easy there! Where the fuck do you think you are going?" Ashish held him, preventing him from tripping.

"I'm the boss. I need to be at the place where my men were killed."

"Me and Arjun will handle it. You should go to bed. Your wife must be waiting."

"NO!" The say was final and Ashish shrugged. There was no going against Aditya even though he was stubborn as fuck.

"Lead the way then boss."

The place smelled of blood and fire and all Aditya could do was stay silent at the sight of the blood of his men. That bastard Karthik will pay for this. This was the start of a war. He was trying so hard to cross Aditya and take control over the city and Aditya had maintained his calm all along, never really paying attention to the pest. But now, he will pay.

Kasim was already there at the place waiting for the three brothers.

"What happened?" Aditya questioned the old man, demanding all the details of the incident, so that when he gets his revenge, he'll payback in tenfold.

"The dealer switched sides at the last minute. When our men questioned it, a bomb went off."

"How many casualties?" Ashish was the one to ask the question.

"Four dead and three injured."

"Offer their families our condolences and take care of their needs. Medical bills whatever shit that is required." Aditya directed it to Ashish and he nodded. He then turned to the place Arjun was standing, only to find that he was not there.

Scanning the area, he found the twenty five year old standing on the edge of the harbour bridge, staring deeply into the sea. The night was cold and mist filled the area. Aditya sighed, giving Ashish and Kasim a knowing look.

They nodded understanding, getting to business while Aditya slowly made his way to his younger brother. "It's not going to happen again. He is never going to hurt you."

Arjun didn't say anything but just took a deep breath. "It was you, wasn't it? You killed him right?"

Aditya's eyes widened at the words. He looked at the scar that ran around Arjun's neck, something the thirteen year old boy suffered at the hands of their brutal man of a father. Their father, if they could still call him that, was abusive to all his sons, but worse to Arjun because he was born to one of his whores. Aditya still remembered the days when he would find blood trailing on Arjun's bedroom floor.

"Yes I did. And I am fucking proud of it."

For a moment neither of them spoke, until a sound of bullets whizzing past them made them jump up alerted. Scanning the area, Aditya confirmed that they were under the radar of snipers aiming at them, waiting for a chance to take a headshot.

"ARJUN GET DOWN!"

In a hurry to save his brother, Aditya didn't realise the pain that stung his lower abdomen. He felt black sparkles dancing his vision until everything went black.

Even in his state of complete unconsciousness, the last thing he heard was her sweet sound ringing in his ears.

'Adi. . .'

A/n:
To clear some of ya'll's confusion on how many books are going to be there, this is how it goes.

This is a mafia verse fictional city.

The YOU series will have 3 books featuring the Kapoor Brothers.

The ME series will have 2 books featuring the Mehra Brothers.

The US series will be a 2 book series of a collab of the second generation Mehras and Kapoors. I'm so excited for you all to see this one.