Blaise Taylor The mafias fell one by one, back to our side. Many conformed fairly easily after a few simple threats while others took a little more persuading. Being in this business my whole life I knew that family was usually the soft spot for most people. As soon as any of the leaders realised their loved ones were in danger, it didn't take long for them to become allies with us. I also was not naive enough to realise a threat was not enough to maintain allies but I knew that once they could see how much more successful a partnership with us made them, we would stay allies. If not, we always had the power to crush them as a plan B was put in place. Nik was all alone, his barely formed empire crumbling and he was losing. This outcome was enviable, he was too emotionally inves

