But I'm the best and only hope they have of getting Jade and Falon back.

I walk out of the lounge and go to the front door, aware Zero is behind me. I dial up the only person I've never doubted.

The person I met when I was sixteen and pregnant, he was my last hope and he never failed.

The price I paid was worth it.

A life for a life. Una vita per una vita.

'Talk." The bark of his voice makes me smile even in my darkest of moments.

'We spoke about that, ...