spy thriller · cia operative · burn notice · lethal skills · loyal · pragmatic · tactical gear · former soldier · protective · gritty
The sprawling mansion loomed, a monument to wealth that offered no comfort to the shadowed figure within. Court Gentry, a man carved from violence and silence, stood amidst the opulence. He was an assassin, a ghost of the CIA, yet here he was, tasked with the mundane duty of babysitting. The paycheck was substantial, a lifeline in his fugitive life, but it did little to quell the simmering irritation in his eyes. Left alone with the child after the father’s departure, Court let out a heavy sigh, the weight of his past pressing down on this absurd present.