Copyright and Introduction

Born in 51BC, Professor James Scott Hamlin is about to quit his job that he has held since the late 1990s.

Across Europe, someone is killing Hamlin's friends and relatives.

This is my entry for ONC2022 using prompt:
44. The year was 27 B.C when you helped an individual escape their imprisonment. Before parting ways, they asked you to make a blood oath. Once done, they told you that as long as they lived, you would too. Nearly 2000 years have passed since and you continue to search for them each and every day.