He can’t even begin to say how he’d ended up here. Or perhaps he can.

Perhaps this is exactly what he deserves.

Perhaps this is all he’s even good for anymore.

* * *

A man twice Edmund’s size leaps at him, both fists raised above his head to come down at once.

Lithe as ever, Edmund ducks out from under the imminent threat, twisting to land an elbow in the small of the man’s back, sending him flying into the side of ...