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

They dove in, and seconds later Stuart had pulled it out of the lot onto the busy boulevard. “Sorry for the hurry up,” he said, “but someone leaked info about our interest in the targets and they left the conclave post haste.”


“Been doing that Word a Day calendar again Stu,” Troy asked with a laugh as he stripped out of the coveralls he’d been wearing. Stuart flipped him off before returning his attention to the road.


Ginna’s coveralls were already lying in a heap on the van floor, the cap resting on top of them. Loosening her hair she ran her fingers through it, then leaned back against the van’s side wall. “At least we got what we were after,” she said, fingering the flash drive.


“Yep, and I installed the spy stick program,” Troy told Stuart. “If we’re lucky they won’t look for it, or find it if they go searching. Gotta love the Old Man’s techies.”


“Get the flash drive to Van and then see if we can figure out where Frankie got to.”


Chapter 78