Charles Livingston spent years putting his old life in Chicago behind him. Trying to forget the merciless man he used to be when he was on the streets with his 'brother', Dimitri Komarovski, the future head of the Komarovski family. Their friendship shaped his entire life but everything changes when he falls in love and then finds out that he'll be a father. He trades in his old life for a new one, a respectable one, leaving behind his 'brother' as well, someone he vowed to always protect. Years later, when his own son is put in harm's way, he is forced to become who he once was, a man with no fear, a man capable of anything, and a man willing to kill. Now he must enlist Dimitri's help to ensure his son's safety but will he give it or do some wounds never heal? Can they get past the hurt they caused one another and remain 'brothers forever'?