Artemio had taken Lara in as a child and raised her under a regime of relentless training. He shaped her into something far more dangerous than an ordinary operative—teaching her discipline, survival, deception, and the ruthless precision needed to carry out orders without hesitation.
When Lara was old enough, Artemio sent her to Arnold who was living under a new identity: Armand Reyes.
To the outside world, Armand was simply a member of a quiet farming family, living an unremarkable life far from the shadows. But beneath that façade was another life entirely—a carefully guarded double identity as one of Artemio's most trusted secret agent.
Armand had been the perfect blade: sharp, reliable, deadly and a lovestruck fool.
Until, a year ago, that blade was lost in the most senseless way imaginable—a car accident that claimed his life before Artemio could ever make use of him again.
