Welcome to the world of Masters of Protection. Today we introduce you to the co-founders/owners trio!
This begins the series of informal introductions to the characters of the Masters of Protection world. Today we spotlight the three co-founders/owners of Alpha Security Group (ASG) and Club Roja (the BDSM/kink club upstairs from the security firm). They also co-own the buidling property which all the businesses exist in and each one lives upstairs from the club in the properties refurbished loft apartments.
Co-Founder/Owner: Colin Byrne: Colin is an ex-Navy SEAL, a Dom and one of the three co-founders and co-owner of ASG and ROJA, along with Malik and Melina, whom he met while rehabbing post-discharge from the military. He was born and raised in the New York City metro area but moved to Chicago after his medical discharge from the Marines. He has some complicated family relationships from his lineage of Irish-Americans who were militant IRA supporters (and possibly consiprators) when he was growing up. He is 39-years-old at the beginning of the series and divorced. He lives in the building in one of the larger residences. The three co-owners’ residences have skylights that peak out onto the roof deck area. He has two Japanese fighting fish which he named Yin and Yang.
Co-Founder/Owner: Melina Cruz: Melina is an ex-Navy Corpsman, and will still answer to the nickname "Doc." She is also a Domme at ROJA which she co-owns along with Malik and Colin. She grew up in Los Angeles but discharged out of San Diego from the Navy. She came to the Midwest and specifically wanted the group to be in Pilsen because of the rich Mexican-American history here and wanting a feeling of home with some distance from her civilian and military life in the west coast. She identifies as queer Latinx, having been attracted to folks across gender identities and when she was in the service people mostly called her a "tomboy" or considered her more "one of the guys." Melina is 34-years-old at the beginning of the series and lives in one of the larger residences/lofts in the building.
Co-Owner: Malik Johnson: Malik is the only non-Marine/Navy veteran of the co-owners, having been medically discharged from the Mary Special Forces. He is a Dom at ROJA which he co-owns with Melina and Colin. He is originally from the southside of Chicago, growing up in the Bronzeville area. He is proud of his roots and has many family ties in the area. He is the most locally connected of the three owners. He is a wealth of knowledge about the history of the Black community in Chicago and the Great Migration. He believes that everyone has to to preserve their cultural histories. He volunteers with the YMCA on the southside and has a young brother he often brings to the office to shadow him who is in junior high (13) in the beginning of the series. Malik is 36 years old and lives in one of the three co-owner bigger units in the building.
Learn more about the building, the neighborhood and the other characters at the M of P WORLD page.
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