In the world of the Black Valentine's Guild, not everyone lives happily ever after!
"Rogue" spent years as a highly trained covert operative. His meticulously planned clandestine missions resulted in effortless success for years, though this was by no means a coincidence.
Then, disaster struck during a key mission in a politically sensitive region. Lives were lost, and the higher-ups dumped the blame, burning his team and leaving him bitter, isolated, and uncertain about his future as the political sharks now circle.
Suspended and awaiting a mandatory psychological evaluation, what unfolds isn't interaction with a business-like therapist. Instead, they discuss the Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and his "unbridled ambitions..." as related by a daughter interning in his office.
Was Rogue's mission collateral damage in the senator's political maneuvers before entering the upcoming Presidential campaign?
For the therapist, her assessment is over, the mission’s failure outside Rogue’s control. She lays out his options:
He can choose a medical retirement without purpose; return to active duty and develop further missions risking political sabotage; or consider a new option – remaining on indefinite leave while operating as an independent agent, targeting anyone, anywhere, for any reason he sees fit.
Rogue and his team, refugees from the alphabet soup of D.C. intelligence agencies, agree to ruin the senator who manipulated their covert mission for political gain.
But when they discover the vengeful reason for the therapist’s suggestion, turnabout is fair play!