Eren spent his whole life fighting, everything he owned he had to fight for. He spent his childhood days wrestling the other street orphans for leftover scraps from the garbages outside of restaurants and pickpocketing unaware pedestrians to get by, it was there he met Carlton Lorenzo, the nephew of the biggest crime boss

in the city. It was one of those cold winter nights where Eren and the other orphans had to huddle together in a dumpster in an alleyway to keep warm, he was awoken by a feeling of discomfort coming from his stomach, his face paled as he felt the feeling intensifying as each second passed, he untangled himself from the

mess of bodies he was under and quickly made his way out into the alleyway, as he got out he fell to his knees and started emptying his insides onto the white snow beneath him, he hacked and heaved as he finally vomited out a moldy piece of a hamburger bun which immediately made him feel better, as he shakily got back

on his feet he slowly turned to make his way back to the dumpster but before he could even take one step he heard a voice filled with disdain behind him say

"pitiful, absolutely pitiful"

Eren spun around as fast as he could but before he could see the owner of the voice he was struck behind the head and his vision went black, when he woke up he found himself lying in a comfortable bed in an unfamiliar room, he struggled to get into a sitting position but the splitting headache made the task impossible

so he continued to lay down and turned only his head to observe what little of the room he could, what he saw was an old dresser in the corner of the room and a full-length mirror off to the side, other than that the room was devoid of any furniture. As Eren continued to look around, the door to the room opened and

a muscular man in a white tank top and grey jeans pants with a scorpion tattoo on his right shoulder walked in, the man was fairly handsome, he had a finely chiseled jaw line and small pink lips, he was slightly pale with dark brown eyes and in those eyes one could see arrogance and disdain, one could clearly tell this man

was spoiled as a child.

"The rat has awoken I see, it's about time....I have a proposition for you"

The man said without even looking at Eren as if such a thing was beneath him and to do so was degrading, several seconds passed and as the man did not hear a reply he decided to look at the young Eren only to see him looking at him with a look of confusion on his face, seeing Eren looking at him like he was stupid the man's eyebrows started to twitch, he took a deep breath to calm himself and decided to start over with an introduction first.

"*inhales* my name is Carlton Lorenzo and I have graced you with my presence because I have a certain issue that I will need your help with"

Carlton stopped talking and waited to hear Eren's reply but after several more seconds of silence he took that as confirmation and decided to continue but as soon as he opened his mouth to speak a raspy voice made its way to his ears

"w-water"

He glanced at the young lad in front of him and saw him looking at him expectantly, Carlton's eyebrows twitched once more but he still decided to listen to the boy's request, after all, his father always told him a host should always make sure his guests' needs are all met, soon a lady dressed in a plain blue dress walked into the room with

a glass of water in her hand and Carlton gestured with his eyes to give it to Eren who received it gratefully and sat up with great difficulty and greedily gulped down the water

"thank you miss"

he said to the lady who responded with a kind smile before she got up and made her way to the door but was stopped by Carlton who whispered into her ear making her turn beet red, seeing the maid's reaction Eren knew Carlton must've whispered something lewd into her ear cause that was the only reason a woman would react like that to the words of a man.

Eren was young but he was mature for someone his age, a fourteen-year-old child who grew up on the streets tends to learn certain things quickly. Eren looked at Carlton as he noticed his eyes follow the lady's shapely buttocks as she left the room hurriedly, he also noticed a lewd smile plastered across his face as the lady left.

Eren decided he had seen enough so he opened his mouth to speak and with as deep a voice he could muster he cleared his throat and said

"Excuse me sir but you mentioned an offer?"

This seemed to bring Carlton out of whatever daydream he was in as his head snapped around and he looked eren in his eyes

"Ah yes, what I offer you is a better life, a chance to work directly under me, you will serve as my lieutenant and you will receive training in close quarters combat as well as firearms, what do you say? should you accept the offer you will go through rigorous training and receive the very best education and in exchange you do what I say without complaint......do we have a deal?"

Eren thought about the offer presented to him, on one hand, he could refuse but then he would be sent back to the streets to fend for himself or worse he would be killed, on the other hand he could accept the offer and be allowed an education and the means to defend himself but in exchange he would lose his freedom, the more he thought about it the more obvious the choice became.

"I accept your offer"

Carlton smiled as he heard Eren's reply, he turned around and motioned for eren to follow him. Eren did as instructed and kept close to Carlton as they walked through a hallway which was filled with paintings and clocks, he was fascinated as he had never seen so many paintings before and Carlton seeing his guest's fascination chuckled and boasted

"All of these are paintings of the previous heads of the Lorenzo family, they have all contributed to making the family what it is today, the biggest and most influential family in all the city... and this-" Carlton said as he stopped in front of the biggest picture in the hall "this is my father, the greatest man to ever run the Lorenzo family before his......untimely demise"

as he said that eren could sense the sadness in his voice which was covered up by a quick cough as he grabbed Eren's hand and dragged him out of the hall and through another door, as eren stepped through the doorframe what filled his sight was an open area which looked like a training field with wooden dummies and targets, in the middle of a field stood a tall, slim old man with short gray hair with closed eyes, sensing two unfamiliar presences approaching him the man opened his eyes and what eren saw were two completely white eyeballs with no pupils.

"Is this the little boy you wanted me to train young Lorenzo?"

The man asked Carlton to which he responded with a "yes sir", eren looked at the old man who was staring straight past him and Carlton, he stepped to the left but the old man continued to stare straight ahead, he stepped to the right but again the old man kept his head straight, just as eren was wondering why Carlton hired a blind man to train him the old man turned his head in his direction and said with a frown

"that's quite impolite young man"

Eren's body stiffened as he squeezed out a sheepish grin and apologized to the old man, Carlton looked at the scene with a small smile on his face and in a light tone asked

"so will you take him as your student, Nickoli? He might be lacking in the manners department but that's not something time can't fix"

The old man closed his eyes and sat down on the ground, he then lifted his hand up with his palm facing eren and told eren to punch him, eren hesitated but ultimately decided to do it do it. He stepped toward the old man, drew his arm back and threw a punch at the old man's face, the old man's eyes snapped open as he sensed the incoming punch and jumped back with a shocked expression on his face which then turned into a pleased one. With a smile, the old man slowly walked towards eren while saying

"That isn't exactly what I meant but I like the way you think, your form lacks substance but I suppose that can be fixed with a little training" the old man's eyes seemed to shine as his blank eyes focused on eren, he stopped directly in front of him and slowly said

"what's your name lad?"

"Eren sir, my name is eren"

The old man smiled and turned his head in the direction of Carlton who was standing off to the side awkwardly and then looked back to eren and said

"you can leave, we have a lot of training to do"

Carlton immediately responded with a "yes sir" and hurriedly left the training area leaving the old man alone with eren, the old man exposed a devilish grin as he walked to a table with wooden melee weapons and picked up two wooden knives and tossed one to eren while saying

"let's begin young blood" to which eren responded with

"sure thing old blood" which made the old man cackle, thus eren spent 5 years of his life training with the old man and learning basic math as well as other subjects like geography and history. One night as eren was studying in his room a maid told him Carlton requested his presence, Eren made his way to Carlton's room and knocked on the door

"is that you eren? come in"

he pushed open the door and saw Carlton at his desk reading a book, without looking up Carlton gestured for eren to sit which he promptly did and waited for Carlton to start speaking.

Carlton finally glanced up from his book and took off his glasses, he locked his fingers together and propped his hands up on the desk while resting his chin on them

"the time has come for you to prove to me that you were worth the time, effort and money I put into raising you, tonight I'm sending a team to attack and take over a newly formed family, I want you to join the operation and bring me the leader of this family ALIVE.  His lieutenant should know where he is, according to my informants his lieutenant is a muscular man

This book's true home is on another platform. Check it out there for the real experience.

with a scar over his right eye, the squad leader has a photograph of him, you are to leave immediately."

 Eren nodded and stood up to leave but as soon as he got to the door Carlton said something which made him stop in his tracks

"If you fail me......don't bother coming back or I will remove your head from your shoulders"

Without turning around he nodded and left to get his equipment and meet up with the attack squad, as he met up with the squad he was met with the jealous stares of the other family members but eren paid them no mind, he hopped onto the back of the truck and started sharpening his knife while waiting for the operation to begin.

Soon everyone boarded the truck and they were on their way to the compound, during the trip he overheard a conversation which made him very interested in meeting the head of this new family

"You heard the rumors about the lupine family head? they say he's a real monster"

"You mean like the kind of guy who'll lock you in the bathroom and sell your sister to a circus?"

"yeah, he.......what? no you idiot I mean like an actual monster"

"C'mon man don't tell me you actually believe that bullshit"

"I-I don't know man the world is becoming a really strange place these days, wild animals running through the streets, your wife cheating on you with Josef"

"what!?, that fucking Russian shitcake!!"

at that point eren lost interest and closed his eyes to pass the time, as he felt the truck come to a stop he opened his eyes, he sheathed his knife and disembarked the truck followed by the

other members of the attack squad.

"Alright guys we hit em quick and we hit em hard, when we get inside, we grab the family head and we leave, simple right? Alright guys lets move out!"

and with that everyone started to run towards the compounds side entrance, they were making good progress until a shot went off and hit someone who was running beside Eren right between the eyeballs. The man's head exploded into a million pieces with some of it splashing on Eren

"Shit they have a sniper, everyone get low!!"

Eren laid flat on his stomach and crawled behind a statue in the yard, he made it just in time before the sound of gun shots filled his ears and bodies started dropping like flies. Some of the lucky members of the attack squad got behind cover in time and returned fire but sadly they were outnumbered and losing men by the second. Suddenly, Eren heard a loud shout from behind him

"WHAT THE HELL IS THAT THING!!!"

as he turned around what met his eyes was a terrifying creature one could only call a monster, it stood at 6 ft with black fur all over its body and dark menacing red eyes.

The monster unleashed an unearthly roar and began what could only be described as a blood bath, Eren watched frozen in place as the monster separated heads from shoulders, ripped throats out with its sharp teeth and crushed heads with its bare hands.

He recovered from his shock as he noticed the battlefield coming closer and closer towards him, he stood up to flee but as soon as he took a step forward he was struck in the back of his head and his vision started to darken.

 When Eren came to, he realized was flanked on both sides and sitting in front of him on a stone throne sat a man with black hair and silver eyes, he wore a tuxedo which contrasted greatly with his old throne. Next to the man stood a tall, muscular man with a scar over his right eye standing with an impassive expression on his face.

'I take it he's the boss, he must be the one who controls that monster that we fought'

Eren thought as he put his head down to avoid anyone seeing the scheming look on his face

 "Who sent you to attack my compound vermin?"

Eren smirked as he lifted his head to reply but as he did so he froze when he saw the silver eyed man's eyes glowing an ominous red in the darkness and he hurriedly put his head back down

'WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?!?!'

"If you tell me who sent you I will make your death a swift one"

Eren mustered the courage to lift his head up to reply

"HA, you must think I-"

but before he could finish the man said in a cold voice

"Or you can keep your mouth shut and die a slow and meaningless death as I devour you limb by limb, either way, you WILL answer my question"

Eren's words stuck in his throat as his face paled at that statement

'devour me? is he some sort of cannibal?' eren contemplated for several minutes and suddenly the pieces fell into place, the conversation between his squadmates, the monster attacking out of the blue and finally the man's words just now, he didn't control the monster, no, he WAS the monster. The thought hit eren like a bolt of lightning and caused him to feel fear he wouldn't feel even when facing a wild animal while naked in a forest.

"what...what d-do you wanna know?"

Eren's reaction caused a small smile to appear on the man's face

"You appear to be suffering from short term memory loss so let me refresh your memory"

the man slowly stood up from his seat and walked forward until he was standing directly in front of eren and in one swift motion he grabbed his throat and hoisted him up into the air and spoke directly into his ear

"I really dislike repeating myself so this is the last time I'll be asking this question, WHO......SENT......YOU!?!"

eren struggled fiercely as the monster in human guise tightened his grip but after a while, he gave up and said with great difficulty

"The.......Lorenzos.....ordered us.....to attack...."

the man loosened his grip on Eren's throat as he got the answer he was looking for and with a smile of satisfaction on his face he pulled back his head and said

"Now that wasn't so hard, was it? and here you were about to lose your life because you wanted to stay loyal to a family who wouldn't even spare you a second glance"

he said as he dropped Eren to the floor and looked down at him, at this time Eren was trying hard to come up with a plan of escape but he was also willing to fight the beast in front of him to attain his freedom, Eren fiercely glared at the man, no, at the beast and the beast glared back, suddenly he turned around and sat back on his stone throne and leaned back so that only

the lower half of his face was visible while the upper portion was covered in darkness, the only thing that was visible in the darkness were his eyes which shined brightly like two blood red lanterns, suddenly the beast said in a deep voice which bounced off the walls

"Everyone leave, scar you stay"

Everyone turned and left the room leaving scar, the beast and Eren alone. The beast sat in silent contemplation before he finally made up his mind, looking deep into Eren's eyes he sighed and said

"would you like a way out? would you like to know what real power is? would you like to be....a god amongst men?"

those three questions hit him like a hammer one after the other, Eren knew that if he managed to escape today which was unlikely then he would surely be hunted down by the Lorenzo family but here was someone offering a way to escape with his life but he was suspicious by nature so he cautiously asked the man in front of him

"what's in it for you? do I give up one life of servitude for another?......*sigh* I don't really have a choice....fine.....I accept your proposition"

As soon as Eren's words left his mouth the man's eyes glowed intensely and his jaws unhinged and jutted forward slightly, his teeth fell out and fangs replaced them, suddenly he disappeared from where he was sitting and reappeared in front of Eren faster than he could react and bit deeply into his shoulder.

Eren felt immense pain from his shoulder and let out an ear piercing scream, he cried and swore as the beastly looking man let go of his shoulder and reverted to his original appearance with blood around his mouth.

"What I just gave you was the power to stand above all.......a little gift to show you my sincerity, you might find it a little overwhelming at first but you'll get accustomed to it, when you feel the change coming come find me, you'll know where I am instinctively, after you shift for the first time I'll explain to you what we are and what our capabilities are but for now go rest, untie the gentleman please Scar"

Scar nodded and moved to untie Eren and helped him to his feet, as he leaned on scar's shoulder and walked out the door of the room Eren heard the man call out behind him

"The name's Nicholas Lupine by the way but feel free to call me Nick, oh and please do try to remember to look for me once you feel yourself changing and believe me the change is......let's just say it's less than subtle"

he glanced back and saw a small smirk on Nick's face before the doors slammed shut.