“What about my sister?” Jack asked the man. The stranger’s plain face exuded compassion when he replied, “I’m sorry, Jack. I’m not here to save your sister, just you.”
Jack felt like he was dreaming. A new life? Maybe he could come back for his sister in time. He could ask the Guardian to save her, too.
“I’ll go,” he said.
From the Prologue, The Red Cloak, Days of the Guardian Vol. 2