A SIX-YEAR-OLD HOMELESS BOY ASKED THE CITY’S MOST FEARED MAN TO BE HIS FATHER FOR ONE DAY
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Chapter 6 - Victor Kane Took the One Thing I Thought I Could ProtectWe moved Eli to a secure location.
But Kane was always one step ahead.
He had infiltrated my organization.
Someone inside was feeding him information.
We discovered it when a convoy was attacked.
Eli wasn't inside.
But Marcus was.
He survived.
Barely.
I found him bleeding beside the vehicle.
“Who did this?”
He whispered one name.
“Daniel.”
Daniel.
My most trusted lieutenant.
The man who had stood beside me for fifteen years.
He had betrayed me.
I found him that night.
He confessed.
Kane had threatened his family.
I wanted to kill him.
Eli stopped me.
“Dad.”
I turned.
“Don't.”
He looked at Daniel.
“He was scared.”
That sentence stopped me.
I lowered my weapon.
Daniel cried.
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I had spent twenty years believing mercy was weakness.
A six-year-old had just taught me otherwise.
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Chapter 7 - Eli's Mother Was Still AliveWe found her.
Chapter 8 - The Wolf Went to War for His SonKane attacked first.
Chapter 9 - I Finally Understood That Being a Father Wasn't About BloodAfter Kane's arrest, everything changed.
Chapter 10 - The Boy Who Had Nothing Asked Me for Something Money Could Never BuyEli's seventh birthday arrived.
Chapter 11 - My Enemies Tried to Use Eli Again, but This Time the Wolf Was ReadyYears passed.
Chapter 12 - Eli Asked Me Why I Had Been So Afraid of LoveOne evening, we sat on the same bench in Grant Park where we'd met.
