“You abandoned me in the middle of the night! You left me alone for five years!” Maya hissed as he lifted his hand to touch where her slap had left its mark. “I left to protect you! I left because I love you!” Nathaniel protested in a futile attempt to defend himself. —————————————————— Five years ago, Nathaniel De La Rue found love and a new life in Arlington City, but his past soon caught up with him and forced him to leave behind everything he had built, including his beloved Maya Miller. Now, Nathaniel is done running. He must confront his past to protect those that matter the most to him. After fighting for his right to live and accepting his rightful place in the De La Rue family, he finally returns to Arlington City. However, upon his return, Nathaniel finds that his world is not the same as he left it. Maya, the woman he loves, is engaged to another man. His best friend now works for the man who stole Maya from him. Furthermore, the woman who had cared for Nathaniel like a mother is being abused by her husband. It’s as if he has to start from scratch. But things have changed. This time he has the De La Rue Family by his side.
"Boss, we lost him," Nathaniel could hear the disappointment and shame in Clark's voice.
His assistant rarely failed, and when he did he took it too much to heart, seeing it as a complete reflection of his abilities despite the hundreds of successful tasks and missions he had executed.
"No, we didn't," he announced as he rounded a corner and appeared face to face with Clark and Nico with a smile on his lips.
In his hands was a tablet with a blinking red dot on a map.
It was moving a few seconds prior but had stopped.
"I thought you were staying behind in the office?" Nico asked his sister's boyfriend as he scratched the back of his head.
Not only had an assassin and a soldier failed to capture the older man, but here was Nathaniel acting as if he had found a way to catch Zachary.
"This way, follow me," Nathaniel said with a smile on his lips as they weaved through the crowd.