Ashley was the kind of person Brianna had never been able to understand.
Back when Westley needed to rack up action points and get hold of the Illusion Report, he'd done a thorough background check on Ashley Page.
She was born in the slums, raised by a single mother alongside a handful of siblings. To stay in school, she enlisted right after high school graduation. After her discharge, she entered the police academy — and from that point on, she'd been hauling herself upward through the police system with two strikes already against her: her gender and the color of her skin.
Before Westley dropped into her life like a gift from the heavens, Ashley had never received help from anyone. Every step forward felt like dragging herself through mud.
What for? Power? Status?
Brianna had never felt the pull of either — not even after she'd been cast out from her own family.
