Forged In Flames

Chapter 1

When I think back on my life there are a few things I would never expect to have happened;

           1) That the man I thought of like a fiance could ever have deceived me in any way,

           2) I still had family after all, and

           3) That I'd be sitting in a tiny room across from the man who murdered my family less than two years ago.

Why don't I start from the beginning, shall I?

My name is Julia Robins. Jules, for short. I was 22, a senior in college about to walk away with a degree and four years of imparted knowledge and wisdom from my professors. Unfortunately, my joy would soon come to a screeching halt. The call from the police that my family had just been found murdered and I would need to come back to my home town of Albequrqy, New Mexico.

Now, my childhood wasn't exactly the best. That can happen when your dad is a badass and the leader of a biker gang. From a young age we were taught how to defend ourselves and each other. It was just me, my 3 brothers, and parents against the world. Always against the world.

It didn't surprise me to hear that my family had been killed and our entire estate burned to the ground. I expected a call like this eventually. My mother calling, sobbing about my brothers being shot or kidnapped. I expected to pick up the phone and hear my father tell me he was in prison and needed an alibi. Not a detective telling me that my entire family was found executed in our home after the fire was put out! A short time after after their deaths a rival gang came forward to claim responsibility for the murders naming "El Diablo" as their cleaner.

"The Devil," how fitting.