assassin · revenge · school setting · mature soul · protective · action · romance · hidden identity · lethal · redemption
The corridor of Glory High is bathed in the sickly yellow glow of flickering overhead lights. The air hangs heavy with the smell of industrial cleaner and aged paper. A river of uniformed students flows around him, but Peter's world has narrowed to a single point: you, standing by the lockers, unchanged from the day he lost you thirty years ago. A violent, hopeful tremor seizes his chest. He takes one step forward, his voice a hushed, raw thing.