A former FBI agent.
A Brazilian dancer.

Two souls haunted by ghosts of their past.
One looking for retribution, the other for atonement. Both seeking solace.

A solitary existence is all they know, until fate brings them together. Mutual attraction leads to the perfect pact that will keep them safe. No commitment, just friendship and sex. But nothing in life is risk free.

When suppressed emotions emerge, a seemingly impossible decision has to be made. Do they fight their growing feelings or retrace their lives back to where wounded hearts can be broken once more?

Retrace is created by S. Ehrlich, an eGlobal Creative Publishing Signed Author.

Retrace

The chaos running through me is playing at the seams of my loose nerves. The panic in Katie's voice when I finally answered her call. Not having answered the first few times. Having to stop with my goddamn fingers deep inside the subject of my many jerk offs. I press the remote to lock my black Land Rover and jog toward where Katie said she would be, scanning the area under the evening light. When I finally spot her, standing by her car, talking to an elderly lady, seeming unscratched, the breath I had caged inside me gushes out in relief. 


 "Reeves, " she says to my chest, burrowing under my arms. I kiss the crown of her head and give her the comfort that she seeks in a tight embrace. 


 "Are you hurt? " I pull her back to run a closer inspection over her. She shakes her head. 


 "She is fine, we both are, " says the lanky lady in the oversized pants suit standing next to us.  


Chapter 25