Before there was a Phantom Thief, one boy made a choice. For as long as he can remember, Gregory’s life has been laid out for him. He’s always known if he passes his testing, he will become a leader in Deadlock like his ancestors before him. But after nearly dying and being saved by the man he was sent to kill, and who takes him in, Gregory starts to wonder if the life he’s been living is really a life at all. By the time he realizes Deadlock won't just let him walk away, he only has one choice to make: Finish the testing and return to Deadlock? Or fight for his new life and family? But no matter what he chooses, he may lose everything.

A normal life was what Gregory wanted, but is it what he got? Months after Gregory's face-off with his former mentor, Deadlock goes quiet, and his life with the Winfields seems to hit a rhythm. But as Gregory is about to learn, Deadlock isn't the only player out there who needs his skills. What was supposed to be a normal day spent with Mr. Winfield quickly takes a turn when Gregory finds himself grabbed by a group of soldiers and brought before a man who has a proposition for him. Get close to a drug dealer’s son, or the Winfields might find themselves childless. With no choice but to do what the man wants Gregory must go undercover in a juvie center with no real backup and no way out.

Gregory never imagined he would ever contact Uncle Sam without a gun aimed at his head. But when the police show up one night asking them to temporarily house a teenage boy whose parents died in what has officially been ruled an accident, Gregory finds himself using his own contacts to find out the truth. With little choice but to make a deal with the devil, Gregory agrees to do one job for Uncle Sam, in exchange for information on the Pierres’ deaths and the circumstance surrounding the car crash. Soon, Gregory finds himself trying to balance his two lives: one as a rebellious teenager, moving deeper into the shadows of the street racing world, the other as the eldest child in the Winfield household. Gregory’s honestly not sure which will break him first. The street racers with secrets they’re willing to kill to keep, or dealing with his three younger siblings and a fourth tacked on top.