Blade's entire life, he'd only relied on himself. He was never one to let anyone get too close; no partner, no children, nothing—because his mission came first before anything else. becoming a father—was never part of his plans.

And now, he's stood behind the doors of his bedroom, watching his one-day old son in a crib beside his bed. His son slept, his tiny hands curled in soft mittens and his eyelids flickering with tiny little dreams.