He was wrong. Oh god, he was wrong.
He’d started to think that nothing mattered anymore, except revenge. And maybe he wasn’t entirely wrong, maybe he doesn’t matter, but Jack, Jack matters.
And he’s failed him. He’s failed him so many times and in so many ways and if it’s too late to fix it now then he really is rotten to the core, then everything he’s ever worked for has been for nothing.
A lethal drop yawns at his feet and a fire burns in Mike’s eyes, and for a frozen instant he has no idea if he’s going to call off his attack.
For a frozen instant he doesn’t care.