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Rue Parker has always lived two lives.
By day, she's the protective older sister who moved back closer to Queens, determined to give her little brother Peter the time and love he deserves. Rue doesn't get to see him often, but when she does, she's all-in, pinky promises and movie nights included.
By night, she's Deadlock, a shadow in the streets of New York, carving her own bloody path through criminals, arms dealers, and anyone who thinks they can hurt her city. Her brother doesn't know about that life. He can't.
But she's not alone in the dark. Her work has tangled her fate with two of the city's most dangerous vigilantes, Daredevil, whose sense of justice runs razor thin, and The Punisher, whose bullets speak louder than words. They know the real Rue, the one with knives in her boots and scars on her knuckles. And somewhere in the chaos, sparks fly between her and Matt... but can two broken lives ever fit together?
To make things even messier, Deadlock keeps running into Spider-Man. He's annoyingly persistent, weirdly gentle with her, and for reasons Rue doesn't understand... he never treats her like the enemy. Their clashes feel less like fights and more like unfinished conversations.
Rue's world is already a tightrope, balancing her brother, her secret, and her blood-soaked crusade. But when secrets start unraveling, and her two lives collide, one thing becomes clear:
Keeping her pinky promise to Peter might be the hardest mission of all.