One Last Rainy Day: The Legacy of a Prince

Tobias and Dom have made revenge the central focus of their lives. After their parents’ deaths, they began to target the corrupt elites who always seem to get away with whatever misdeeds they do. Privilege inoculates these individuals from legal or personal consequences for their crimes, so the brothers joined a network of “clubs” called The Ravens, and with the clubs’ assistance, they have sought to locate and punish evildoers. Their primary target is Roman Horner, the man they believe to be responsible for their parents’ deaths. Dom has also been tracking the movements of a human trafficking ring, and he is desperate to begin to bring them to justice, though Tobias holds him off for reasons Dom doesn’t understand. His need for vengeance, to punish these individuals for the horrors they perpetrate, negatively affects Dom, as his rage at his parents’ killers blends with his anger at those who abuse the innocent. Dom’s growing anger illustrates the corrosive power of vengeance.

Dom himself is aware of the difficult position he’s in because of his knowledge and because his hands are tied by Tobias. He says, “For now—until I can unleash on those responsible for how I’m feeling—I’m stuck in the most hellacious type of prison” (7).