Horribly abused by his mother, Van eventually goes in search of his father. When he finds him, his life is radically changed. His father works for the FBI, and has contacts to a covert group, run by the Old Man, that goes after the worst of the worst criminals. Van is recruited to join both -- and does. Van handles every job he's sent on with cold efficiency, letting nothing stand in his way of gaining the information he seeks and stopping his foes. Eventually, he's offered a team of his own within the Old Man's organization. He accepts, with one caveat -- none of them can be female. Because of his mother, the only woman he has ever trusted is his handler, Makie. His attitude takes a hit when he meets Ginna, a cop, while on a job for the Old Man. When it's over, much to the shock of everyone involved, he requests that she be added to his team if she's willing -- which she is, as long as the organization can promise to keep her young son safe while she's on assignments. Ginna fits in well with the team, and though she is appalled at some of the tactics Van uses to gain information, she finds herself attracted to him. Can she break through the walls he's erected around his emotions? If so, then what? Only time will tell.

A Shattered Life

When he did, Billy eyed the uneaten portion of Vance’s burger and fries, thanking him when Vance pushed the plate in front of him. “So anyway,” Billy said between bites of fries, “you know the back of the Center, where they make the deliveries.”


“Well, it’s kinda late, or early for deliveries, you know,” Billy continued. “There was like no one there right when I walked past but then this van pulls up and the guard lets it through the gate. Kinda made me wonder ‘cause it’s black and it stayed in the shadows where the security lights didn’t hit once it was inside. You see what I’m getting at?”


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