Peter receives a gift that results in facing someone from his past.

Summary:
A missing scene for “Shadow Assassin,” written for the Sunday Challenge prompt.

After the Chi’Ru threat passes, Caine turns to Lo Si with the wound Peter’s fear has left behind: his son’s desperate need not to lose him again, and the painful truth that love can look like violence when it is driven by terror.

A missing scene set during Initiation: Paul finally finds Peter—wounded—and meets the father who was supposed to be dead. Lo Si’s warning hits hard: when two tigers fight, the mountain breaks. 

After the events of Target, Peter begins losing time as strange glyphs, ritual objects, and impossible memories pull him back toward the Brujo’s control. As his body turns against him and his inner temple begins to break, Caine must reach the son slipping behind the silence before obedience becomes surrender.

Peter is kidnapped by a rogue Shaolin seeking revenge against Caine, forcing both fathers into a desperate rescue mission. But after captivity, torture, and psychological manipulation, survival does not end when Peter comes home. With trauma counseling, recovery, and the support of those who refuse to let him face the aftermath alone, Peter begins the hard work of healing.