Don't Go So Soon

There has only ever been one guarantee in my life.

Death.

I've seen it take everyone I care about and then some. That's why I left my old life behind and handed my loyalty to those at Kadia, the nightclub of sin and freedom in New York City.

I should have known better.

I should have known my demons would catch up with me.

The dominos begin to fall with the appearance of five armed Russians who know the dark corners of my old reputation. But nothing is as it seems, and they lead me to an old employer who needs a favor—and who still keeps his daughter under lock and key for her own protection.

Tatiana Ivanov.

Without her, I might not have any reason to keep fighting. Without her, I might have been content to watch them all burn. They deserved it. She did not.

If I have to die for something, it might as well be for her.