Breathing fire

Chapter one

..BIRMIGHAM 1930..

Ghostly whispers of the wind blew across the town.Crumbled newspapers followed the trail of the wind.People locked themselves inside there houses and no one walked through the streets at that time.

Except a group of men.There faces and there dead eyes,hidden under there peaked caps.Shiny blades glistening by the light of the moon.An eery air following right behind them,like wolves at the night time.

White ghostly strings of cigarette smoke blowing from there mouths.The thumping sound of there shoes all coming together in sync

All those men,but one shone above them all.A tall handsome man,who had a tough walk,who looked like he feared nothing and no one

His eyes hidden under the black shadow of his cap,half of his face being reflected by the yellow golden light of the street lights around.

Everyone knew who they were

The peaky blinders

And the man that led the troop of men

Was Thomas Shelby

He stands in the yard smoking from his cigarette with Arthur standing beside him.His men scattered around Charlie's yard.

They could hear the thumping footsteps of another troop of men following there trail.A man in a hat with dirty blonde hair walked in the yard with a grin on his face.

"I just took a look around!"he walked to the two men.Tommy simply gulped on the alcohol in the bottle to keep him warm in the cold night

"I like this place.Fire for melting silver,canal to get it away.How much?"Tommy stared at the man with his piercing gaze under his hat.He shook his head as a no stumping down his cigarette

"Nothing you see here is for sale Mr gold"he puts his hands in his pockets removing his eyes from him,feeling irritated by the man's odd request

"Everything is for sale.You tell Mr strong that I'm going to buy this yard"arthur and Tommy stared at the man with hard gaze.

"This yard has been in there family since they settled"

"But I have decided to make it a part of our deal"Gold cuts him off,not backing away from his request.Tommy sighs.The man was moving away from the real deal.

He decided to put an end to this

"Charlie?"tommy called out for him

"Charlie!"he said again.Charlie wiped his hands and walked to them.Tommy didn't remove his eyes from gold and spoke

"We're going to spin a coin for your yard,Charlie"Charlie made a confused yet angry face

"You're going to what?"yet it didn't reach Tommy's ears.He was focused on what he wanted

"If it's heads,Abby here takes all of this,with my blessing"

"Tommy!"charlie tried to stop him yet neither did Arthur nor did Tommy listen to him.

"And If its tails....I fuck your daughter Mr gold"the grin from his face fell immediately.Arthur tried to stop his laughter but failed immediately trying to hide his face while he laughed at the tense situation