The war leaves its mark.

Previously

…If he discovered Alex was getting close, he wouldn’t hesitate to silence him permanently. But the faces of his fallen comrades flashed before his eyes, their silent pleas for justice echoing in the emptiness of his apartment. He couldn't let their sacrifice be in vain. The war had taken everything from him, but it had also forged him into something unbreakable. And now, he was ready to fight a different kind of war, a war for truth, a war for vengeance. The whispers of betrayal had become a roar, and Alex Thorne was ready to answer. The sun had set, plunging the city into darkness, but for Alex, a new kind of light had begun to dawn, a dangerous, burning light of revelation.