<P><B>The cord of life can splinter and snap without warning.</B></P><P>My family — in hiding from the Japanese Yakuza. My club — at war with the very organization my family is hiding from.</P><P>Though amidst the chaos there is one shining light. A Spanner in the works. A woman who's not only the complete opposite of me and everything I stand for but a woman who my parents should frown upon. She's brash where I am guarded. We shouldn't work.</P><P>This story isn't about a dynasty reuniting and mending old wounds — it's betrayal deception conflict and turmoil.</P><P>Bloodshed— it's coming. <I>Who will pay the ultimate penance?</I></P><P>Contains mature themes.</P>
