Prologue

"...court declares Jackson Rippner guilty on terms of assault and attempted murder. We sentence him to fifteen years prison time."

Lisa exhaled. Fifteen years. She'd been hoping for death penalty or even life-term, but hell...this was pretty good, too, wasn't it? He'd be lucky if he was alive after fifteen years in jail.

She smiled. Things could only go upward from here. Jackson would either be dead or completely changed in fifteen years time. And by then, revenge would be the last thing on his mind.

She didn't realize then just how wrong she'd find herself to be.