Delaney Lake is a social worker that is tired of watching people hurt children. With a past that haunts her and a determination to protect the innocent, she decides to take matters into her own hands. PROLOGUE As a little girl, I dreamed of being so many different things. A ballerina, a princess, a teacher, a lawyer, a nurse, even an actress. Of the many things I dreamed I would be, I never dreamed I would be a killer.