by Rina Kent
In his search for power, Hades gathered international rich partners. Nothing is known about them except that they come from all over the world (United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Middle East, South America…), they’re powerful enough to have political opponents, and well, they’re loaded.
Hades’ partnership with his international folks allowed him to start The Pit.
Catch that name because it’s fairly important.
On the papers, The Pit is a legitimate arms’ factory located on one of the private islands near the UK. In reality, The Pit is an assassination organisation and Hades’ life project.
He found a genius doctor who wants to escape the shackles of the scientific board so he can produce his drug. Hades caught the chance and offered said doctor, Dominic Johnson, an offer he can’t refuse; complete scientific freedom and financing.
After a few failed attempts, Dominic Johnson came out with a Type Omega drug. It enhances human senses like hearing and speed. However, it wasn’t stable enough and had countless side effects.
Hades was so bend on building his army of assassins so he had his hired mercenaries abduct and kidnap 50 children. All kids’ age range from around 8 to 14. They were all either street urchins, runaways or abandoned children. The type no one actually pays attention to their disappearance.
Those fifty children formed Team Zero. It’s the first assassination unit of The Pit and Hades’ prized army. Unfortunately for him, Omega’s side effects were too much for most of the children. More than thirty five died in the early stages due to dehydration or losing their sanity.
The fifteen or so who remained became the true members of Team Zero. The members revealed so far are Crow, Ghost, Shadow, Mist, Flame, Scar, Hawk, and Storm.
They went through extensive training and Omega addiction since they were children and were moulded into merciless killers. The only purpose behind their existence is to be Hades’ army. They kill his partners’ opponents for them and do whatever it takes to have their next Omega fix.
The drugs’ effects differ from one Zero to the other. When injected, some have their memories wiped clean while others became robots. The one thing all Team Zero members share is that the initial doses of Omega erased most of their past memories before being kidnapped into The Pit.
For most of their lives, Team Zero members were mindless killers only focused on getting the job done and having their Omega.
Up until one of them died when all of them were old.
Hades’ and everyone in The Pit made them believe that if they escaped Omega’s early side effects then they’re safe. However, Diablo dropped dead with no reason. Upon investigation, the rest of the Zeroes found out the reason behind Diablo’s death was a stage five cancer. Only, unlike cancer, it had no symptoms. Omega was eating him alive from the inside all this time.
Some zeroes, namely Crow, Ghost, Mist, Shadow, Scar, and Flame decided to detox from Omega and then escape Hades.
The only problem is that the rest of the Team are held as hostages by Hades until they finish doing a job for one of his partners.
Many of Team Zero’s members embark into a mafia world in London’s slums where drugs and knifing are an everyday occurrence.
Some Zeroes have disciples who are part of the second generation. After the apparent failure of Omega, Hades ditched it and opted to train assassins the old-fashioned way. Kidnap kids and make his best guards and Team Zero brainwash them into becoming loyal to him.
Many of those second generation assassins followed their trainers, the Zeroes, and became their disciples. On strength level, they don’t compare to the Zeroes since the latters are enhanced with Omega.
Some of the second generation disciples mentioned so far are: Kyle, Celeste, Aaron, Tristan, and Dylan. Most of them are Ghost’s disciples.
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Between Team Zero members, the second generation, Hades/his mystery partners, there are a lot of twist and turns, antics, violence, angst, scorching steamy encounters, but most of all, it’s full of romance and broken souls finding each other.
Meet all these characters below.
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Team Zero and Their Significant Others (As of the third book):
Dominic Johnson: Godfather of Omega drug and the co-founder of Team Zero. He’s the mastermind behind Omega’s drug. Camille’s husband and Eloise’s father.
Camille Johnson: half-French, half-Arabic. A defence lawyer. Dominic’s wife and Eloise’s mother.
Crow: Founding member of The Pit and Team Zero. His given name is unknown. All he remembers from his childhood is that he used to live in the slums with an English father and a Russian mother. Eloise’s husband, Cosette and Christopher’s father.
Eloise Dubois: half-French, half-English. A nurse. Dominic and Camille’s daughter. Crow’s wife and the mother of Cosette and Christopher.
Ghost: Founding member of The Pit and non-official leader of Team Zero. His given name is Julian. All he remembers from his childhood is being abandoned by his mother at an amusement park. Emmanuelle’s husband. Jason, Jared, and Jaden’s father.
Emmanuelle Jones aka Elle: Underground fighting champion. Ghost’s wife. The mother of Jason, Jared, and Jaden.
Shadow: Founding member of The Pit and Team Zero. An underground fighting champion.
Mist: Founding member of The Pit and Team Zero. The madam of Le Salon; entertainment club and façade of the mafia business.
Flame: Founding member of The Pit and Team Zero.
Scar: Founding member of The Pit and Team Zero. Escort.
Hawk: Founding member of The Pit and Team Zero. Ace sniper.
Storm: Founding member of The Pit and Team Zero.
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The Pit’s Second Generation (As of the third book):
Kyle: One of the youngest assassins. Ghost’s disciple.
Celeste: One of the most cunning second generation members. Crow’s & Ghost’s disciple.
Aaron Rhodes: A member of the British aristocracy. Crow, Ghost & Shadow’s disciple.
Tristan Rhodes: A member of the British aristocracy. Aaron’s cousin. Ghost’s disciple.
Dylan Hart: A member of the British aristocracy. Ghost’s disciple.
Character Profiles
Only the couples from the first three books who have had their happy endings are included in this section. The rest will be mentioned in future boxsets.
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Dominic Johnson
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Age: 31
Place of Birth: London, United Kingdom.
Nickname: Dom.
Occupation: Researcher.
Position in Team Zero: Co-founder. The Godfather of Omega.
Height: 6,2”
Hair Colour: Dark brown.
Eye Colour: Dark brown.
Tattoo: He has ‘No Regrets’ scribbled on his side.
Ride: Black Mercedes.
Favourite Hobby: Spending time in Samir’s coffee shop.
Favourite Colour: White.
Favourite Music: Classical.
Random Fact: He was a genius child and therefore, he was able to skip several classes.
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Camille Johnson
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Age: 20
Place of Birth: Marseille, France.
Nickname: Cam, Baby girl (by Dominic).
Occupation: Law student.
Height: 5,6”
Hair Colour: Blonde.
Eye Colour: Green.
Tattoo: None.
Ride: Range Rover.
Favourite Hobby: Reading about antisocial disorders. Anything about England.
Favourite Colour: Green.
Favourite Music: Brittish rock.
Random Fact: She never left her small town in Southern France until she was twenty and run away from home.
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Crow
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Age: 36
Place of Birth: Somewhere in the United Kingdom.
Nickname: Crow-Crow.
Position in Team Zero: One of the ace hitmen.
Height: 6,3”
Hair Colour: Dark Blond.
Eye Colour: Blue.
Tattoo: Crow tattoo and smaller ones.
Ride: Motorbike.
Favourite Hobby: Taking care of cats.
Favourite Colour: Orange.
Favourite Music: None.
Random Fact: Crow is one of the fewest Team Zero members who always believed in staying loyal to Hades.
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Eloise Dubois
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Age: 25
Place of Birth: Marseille, France.
Nickname: Nurse Betty.
Occupation: Nurse.
Height: 5,7”
Hair Colour: Brown.
Eye Colour: Forest green.
Ride: Her mother’s Range Rover.
Favourite Hobby: Spending time with her dog, Charlotte.
Favourite Colour: Blue.
Favourite Music: None.
Random Fact: She followed nursing to take care of her sick mother and people like her.
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Ghost/Julian
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Age: ~34-35
Place of Birth: London, United Kingdom.
Nickname: None.
Occupation: Hitman.
Position in Team Zero: Non-official leader.
Height: 6,3”
Hair Colour: Dark Brown.
Eye Colour: Brown with flecks of gold.
Tattoo: Samurai warrior.
Ride: Audi.
Favourite Hobby: None.
Favourite Colour: Black.
Favourite Music: None.
Random Fact: The only reason why Ghost remembers his given name, Julian, is because his mother called him by it the day she abandoned him.
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Emmanuelle Jones
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Age: 26
Place of Birth: London, United Kingdom.
Nickname: Elle. Firefly.
Occupation: Underground boxer and a barmaid.
Height: 5,7”
Hair Colour: Light brown.
Eye Colour: Bright blue.
Ride: None.
Favourite Hobby: Boxing and running.
Favourite Colour: Red.
Favourite Music: Heavy Metal.
Random Fact: Elle is afraid of the dark because she found her mother dead in a dark corner in the street.
What’s Next?
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Acknowledgments
All my thank you’s go to the original team that made Team Zero come to life.
My editor Annabelle, my proofreader Nora, and all my betas and my launch team. None of this would’ve been possible without you guys. I’m super lucky to have you in my life.
Thank you all!
About the Author
My characters barge in like thieves in the middle of the night.
Uninvited.
Unapologetic.
Intense.
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Rina Kent in an English author who's constantly parading between France and North Africa due to her studies and her husband's demanding job.
When she's not packing suitcases or hopping from one plane to the other, she's busy whipping her characters to shape.
Since a young age, Rina has been obsessed with storytelling and flawed, edgy characters. Her heroes are often killers and anti-heroes and her books are always sprinkled with darkness, angst, violence, and lots of heat.
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