Hope, and light… I have neither…BaneMy life revolved around death, they told me I had no soul.Until I met her, my Grace.She brought a secret sunshine to my life, until she didn't. She left with my brother.Then I met her daughter, and she desperately needed the skills I've honed over the years.In the end, it didn't matter, all I knew was that I had to protect Grace's child.I did what I had to do. I did it for my Grace, my own saving light.My life might be over but I'll make sure she will survive.In my dying hour, I was saved by an unexpected source.A man who'd once been part of my dark world offered me a do over.I took it and vowed to become a better man.I then met Sarah.Her warmth and friendship held me up on the darkest days of my recovery.For the first time, I felt alive… for the first time I actually felt.Now, Grace's child, Cricket needs me again. In fact, she needs the man I used to be.The killer…The heartless assassin.Can I kill again? If I do, will the beast in me take over?SarahI lived in fear, people are hunting me for a crime I committed a lifetime ago.I killed a man who deserved to die, then I ran away.I've been running for a long time now and I gave up everything just to live another day.But the past always catches up and now, the man I'm with wants me to face my past.Can I trust this man with the whole truth and face my fears or do I continue to run?
