About the book: 2024 / Meeting a neighbor opens up new financial horizons for Valerie Hughes. She no longer has to work as a dishwasher in a bar, now she is a cog in a new scheme for making money in the midst of underground fighting. But the world of big money is cruel and dangerous, and people who seem like friends can become enemies. Kai is not the one to tell you about his life over a beer at a bar. He is secretive and suspicious, his family's past trails behind him step by step, whispering with a cold breath a demand to return to his duty..