The Chosen Son

Chapter 2

My muscles were burning as I continued pushing myself off the ground repeatedly I trained once a day to stay in top shape for when I get the call for my first assignment or job. My father said it would be a couple of years before I'm called on, I just had to stay on guard. The muscles in my arms where screaming and burn more than ever as I kept pushing through I heard my phone vibrate next to me and I pushed up off the ground again to and grabbed the remote to the stereo that was blasting and turned it off. Grabbed the phone and saw my father was calling me, answered it as quickly as possible because he never called me unless it was an important

"Hello" I said

"River, you need to come to the big house immediately" My father said quickly and hung up quickly following his statement

I shut the phone and ran quickly out of the garage when I trained and went straight to my room where I changed into a dark pair of jeans and a plain black shirt. I checked the phone it had been three minutes and I need to get to the big house as quickly as possible. I raced down the stairs and grabbed my keys to my car that was my true love. A 1969 Mustang Shelby GT 500, black gloss paint, leather interior. My father and I fixed it up together last summer and it is one of my greatest accomplishments so far. I loved how she purred to life and just admired her roared under my hand. But tonight was not the night to admire her beauty, I peeled out and took off down the street.

I knew where the big house was, I had visited and remembered the direction many times, the big house was a code name. In reality it was Dante's mansion where he and his family lives, not a lot of business is done there, but only the most important business took place here. During my schooling I also learned my father was Dante's personal bodyguard and close friend, I had never known this about my father, but he worked his was up through the rankings and eventually proved himself over many years. He never was a man to gloat or flaunt that he has so it was a shock during class when the teacher was lecturing me on my father.

As I pulled up the long driveway after passing the front gate where the guard interrogated me wasting more presses time. I pulled my car up behind a couple of flashy expensive cars I walked quickly up the steps and stopped by two large bodyguards in front of the doors

"Mr. River you're wanted in Mr. Dante conical room, take the hall to your right and the guards there will announce you" The man said in a deep threatening voice, I nodded and did as he said

I could see at the end of the hall there were two different men standing waiting watching as I approached they said nothing as I stopped in front of them and just opened the door and I walked into a small, but very refined looking hall. Both Dante and his wife sat in two big ornate chairs at the end of the room. My father and mother both stood beside them, I found the sight of them unnerving and suspicious they all looked unhappy as I approached and stopped about five feet from the stairs that led to the platform they all occupied I immediately dropped to my knees and lowered my head in respect for all of them,

"Rise River," I heard my father and I did as he said