Milos Karanovic was born in America, in a family with a Russian father and a Serbian mother. They were both aliens that migrated during the early 1990s. The relationship didn't work out well, as Jana, Milos's mother was forced into marrying Nikolai, Milos's father due to financial issues between two crime families that had settled in the same territory. The local Serbian mob had nothing to do but give one of the higher standing individuals within the group something to pay up for a mistake that had been made by the a couple local Serbian thugs, which resulted in one casualty of a Russian teenager, son-in-law of the Russian group leader of that time. This resulted in Jana having to convert her life and move in with Nikolai, who she eventually married.
Nikolai provided Jana a great life, but she did not enjoy it. After a year together, the two got married and decided to have a child. It was a one-sided decision as Nikolai wanted someone to be able to take his spot in the ranking of the mob once he died. Milos was born healthy. It was a early birthing but everything went by plan and nothing harmed Milos. It was the seventeenth of February, 1999, a rather cold day. Milos lived a great life at first. It never came to his mind how his mother was actually treated until the day he became three years old. Milos had spent most of his time with a baby-sitter whilst his parents were away working or doing their own things. On his third birthday, his family had gathered again. It was the first time Milos felt the love of both of his parents at once, but it ended in a nightmare as after midnight, just after Milos went to bed, he heard screams from the bedroom. He was curious, but was too afraid to check on it. In the morning, his father had already left, so he went to check on his mother after getting up early for her to take him to the babysitter. His mother faced was shining back from the make-up she had put on, but the bruises were still visible.
Milos felt that he could've been next if he acted wrong, therefore, when he went to kindergarten, he kept to himself. He did get into a couple fights, which ended up with Nikolai praising him and Jana trying to make sure her only son was okay, but still giving him a hard time about it, shouting at him in Serbian. Nikolai had not learned Serbian prior to meeting Jana nor did he afterwards, but Jana made sure to teach Milos enough Serbian to be able to talk to him freely without Nikolai understanding, although the main language spoken in the household was Russian. Milos became old enough to finally go to school. Nikolai made sure to get the best education for Milos as possible, enrolling him into a local, but praised Catholic school.
But being in a Catholic school didn't stop Milos from getting in trouble. After five years of going to the school, Milos got into a very violent fight with one classmate. It ended up with Milos stabbing the kid's eye with a pencil he had taken from his table during history class. It was evident that he was in trouble, so like his mother, he decided to play the victim and pleaded to be let off with a warning. This time, it wasn't the case. He was expelled and later on, after Nikolai heard the news, he received a rough beating at home. Multiple belt hits to his back and legs made him cry out loud as his mother watched helplessly, with fear in her eyes as she knew that she was next. Milos took a shower later, crying away the pain under the shower. His mother took a shower just after him, and after midnight, when Nikolai had left, Jana decided to run away with Milos.
Milos found housing at a local shelter with his mother for some time. Gratefully, the shelter was owned by a local Chinese businessman, who decided to keep it a secret from the Russians, even after they came to "extort" him for information. It was a well-kept secret, as Jana was able to grow his child safer than ever. Jana called her contact within the local serbian circle, which had decayed ever since a major drug bust locked down a bit part of the Russians and almost eighty per cent of the Serbians in the region. They arranged a meeting and were able to set up a place for Jana to live. Nikolai found out about it and drunk as he was, he went to seek for his child and the mother of his child. It went horribly wrong, as it was only a set-up bait for Nikolai to walk into, as a drive by from a motorcycle left him bleeding out in the suburban part of the town.
The story broke into the news, as Nikolai Kuzman, a well-known local businessman was found dead. That also sparked a war between the two families, which only lasted days until peace was called upon after another fifteen members of the Russians and five members of the Serbians had found their final road in a war against each other. Jana was relieved and went on to live with the mobster that had helped her through it, Daniel. Daniel and Jana got married after a few weeks together and Daniel hesitated to take Jana's family name, Karanovic as a good measurement. That also had Milos's name change, as he was still being taken care of by his mother and a step-father. The relationship of Daniel and Milos was perfect. That's exactly the type of life he should've been able to live with Nikolai, but Nikolai's hot-headedness broke that apart.
A few years pass. Milos is in a public school now. He's in tenth grade by now, being a great student, scoring almost all A's in his final report card. Milos was always a smart cookie. He knew what to do and when to do it. A couple kids from the school invited him to go to parties with them. Milos drunk a lot, reminiscing of his father. The memories were undeniable of long nights where Nikolai drunk for the most of it, but Milos shattered them all eventually. He was invited to join a group of kids, who were hanging out together a lot more. He found himself in a circle of thieves, who had a reputation in school, which also enabled him to create one for himself. He started off hazing some of the younger kids, taking their lunch or lunch money from them. He was eventually reported, but all of the problems were solved as Milos was still a picture perfect kid on paper. Milos got in touch with one of the kids one night, who invited him to go hitting houses. Milos agreed with no hesitation. He might've been young, but his wit payed up for it.
The first harvest went well. They were able to capitalize on a small property of a younger lady on a vacation. They took home jewelry and a little bit of antique furniture she had collected. Milos, along with another kid were tasked to sell it. It came off nice as Milos asked his father to do it for him. Knowing what Milos was into had Daniel confused, but he did it for him anyway. Milos and the crew spread the money. It was five of them working that one flat and the money split evenly, at around fifteen hundred a face. Milos showed his father the money and smiled, showing off that he can capitalize on his smart mind, achieving more than just great grades.
The jobs started to come in more often, ranging from apartments to full blown houses in the ghetto, where the score was more than just a few watches. Occasionally, Milos found himself collecting drug packages from local trap houses. That also meant that there were people in that crew that took out the guards, but Milos had never thought one of these guys could be him. He was more of a calm person when it came down to that. He wanted things to go peacefully. That all changed one night in 2018, which lead to Milos taken in custody after a richer house-hold was the target. The dismantling of the alarm systems had failed, which caused the local security company to check the place out. It became evident it was being burglarized and eventually, the police were swarming the place. Detectives were questioning the kids taken in custody. There were seven people at that location alone. Two were drivers and the five worked inside, stealing what they could.
Milos was taken in custody and was accused of burglary and grand theft along with other charges, making him face a potential six year imprisonment. Milos was taken to the holding facility, where a friendship with Dejan Miletic, a local Serbian businessman accused of murder, was formed. They were sharing cells until the court hearing for both of them. It was the same day, but the difference was that Dejan was not put on the bus to be transferred to a prison, but Milos was. He was able to apply for parole after four years, and because of his good behavior, Milos was out of the facility in a relatively fast time, only serving four years of his bid, though, his parole officer was occasionally on his back, trying to get him to work a good job after that.
Milos had been in contact with Dejan through letters. He had formed a great bond with him and surely after his release, was invited to work for a friend of Dejan under a business that was part of the Atlas Enterprise. He found himself in a position where there was a lot to achieve.
