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He was in the Army. After Natalie had been adopted and left him alone in the orphanage, Alex escaped to find her and save her (as he called it). Alex hoped, then as a naive thirteen-year old, that stealing her favorite chocolate from a candy shop would bring her back to him. But Alex was caught in the act. When the judge gave him the choice of going to boot camp or going to juvenile hall, he chose the former.
Since then, Alex had been in the Army. It was when he was twenty that the Army asked when he was going to re-enlist, and soon enough he was promoted to a sniper. It was during this time that he and Natalie found each other again, and having never stopped loving her and immediately asked for her hand in marriage. Although he would often be away and his job didn’t pay well, that didn’t seem to bother Natalie then.
But one day when Alex had the chance to visit her, and he found another man at their home. Their divorce was quick but Alex couldn’t find himself moving on so easily. It was when he was at his lowest point that the Army came to him.
“The island Avalon personally requested our best and brightest to assassinate their leader.”
Alex instantly thought of how ironic this all was. Natalie loved literature, and he recalled her telling him about Avalon being a paradise to some king and his friends. Had this Avalon never wanted to be a paradise for their king?
“What’s in it for me for killing… what did they call him?”
“She is known as Bast,” they told him, “Since this isn’t an easy job, you will be paid handsomely for liberating Avalon.”
Alex just looked at them, he always found these people rather ridiculous. Liberate— what a funny word.
“What’s your decision, Litvinov?
Alex realized this was his only chance. He didn’t have much to lose… what was left of his life now? He could start over. He could start over with this mission.
He let out a shaky breath before responding. “I’ll do it.”
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