Santa Barbara, California 2010 “Is Mr. Freyr your foster father? The one who hurt you?” Reluctantly, Maya nodded. Breathing in deeply, Rex felt his muscles tightening, feeling the rage entering his system again. “I’ll kill that bastard,” he proclaimed. Maya turned away, holding her head in frustration. She didn’t know what she wanted to do but she couldn’t go back to the agency. Kenny admitted that his father, The Sun, gave the orders to kill her family. How could she return? Especially after Kenny molested her. There was no way. But they’d drag her back there one way or another, she knew. “Rex.” She could feel her body trembling at the thought. The people who trained her would go to great lengths to regain their assets. For the first time, she felt as though she had no place to go on

