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Prologue

Hack

I hadn’t been able to stop thinking about the gorgeous redhead with ereen eyes since the moment I’d first seen her picture Paisley Wessex Her na at her picture, I’d felt desire stir in reen eyes twinkled as she s, fiery red hair looked perfect for grabbing onto while I fucked her from behind But beyond the lust I felt, the fact that she was a da into a fierce need to protect her

Which was fucking crazy I’d never even seen her in real life until today

The second I saw her standing in the open door to her apartirl, Lucy, I wanted to rush out of the truck and steal her Whisk her away to someplace where she was safe, and I wouldn't have to share her But there was shit going down that needed to be dealt with first So I wrangled my desire and caveman instincts and shoved them behind a wall of control

I’d been forced to watch from the sidelines as she put herself on the line to stop aquiet after watching the little fucker beat the shit out of his girlfriend We’d asked her to come forward, and it had been hard as hell for me to let her do it

Then when the punk was dead, I finally gavekilled Doh, as h a lot, and it was likely I’d scare the shit out of her with s Besides that, the threat wasn’t completely eliminated

The little shit Dootten aith it tooa cop for a dad And not just any cop A fucking lieutenant who supervised the homicide division Officer John Clark But he’d covered up for one of his kid’s crimes for the last time and intimidated his last witness

We piled into Dom’s truck and took off “Where to?” he asked

I rattled off an address, and in less than twentylot of a police station I rolledto relieve some of the tension as I watched the entrance like a hawk “Breaker sent hi hi out any minute,” I informed Dom

I was right, and a man, as an older version of the punk Dom had just shot, stalked out the front door He looked around the lot, probably searching for his kid’s car His eyes swung in my direction as I cliuy, so it would have been hard toass ot out and stood beside me