the borrowed second chance

Two to three years after Joe Hardy watched JB Cox be shot and presumed dead, his best friend and father figure returns - alive but badly injured, the bullet still lodged in his shoulder. He stayed hidden to heal, but old enemies now target Joe, forcing him out of the shadows.

Slowly, trust rebuilds. JB reveals he was once a gifted student at Rosegrave Academy, where experiments amplified his abilities - letting him survive even a fall from a plane - but also taught him to become the "villain" the world expected, just to get by.

As his condition worsens, he finally shares the full truth. Now Joe faces the hardest question: How can he say goodbye to the best friend and father figure he's just got back and started to understand?