When his lover is killed while they're on a job, Kegan goes into seclusion, vowing never to return to the Agency, the covert organization they worked for. His handler has other ideas, tricking Kegan into coming back, then partnering him with Gage to find and eliminate Ash, a rogue operative.<br><br>Kegan and Gage locate Ash only to discover he's on the run because he found out that Patterson, the head of the Agency, is not what he seems. When the three men team up to bring Patterson down, will their budding personal relationship save them -- or get them killed?

You Can Never Walk Away

They’d co-opted the cabin. It was set in a tiny clearing with a small stream running beside it. Making it habitable gave them something to do when they had a few days or a week off between jobs. It was good stress relief. The place had two rooms, the main one—with a stone fireplace and a nook that passed for a kitchen—and a small bedroom. There was an outhouse behind the cabin, which hadn’t surprised Kegan, as there was no running water in normal terms. A cistern on the roof, plus the stream, provided what water there was. One of the first things they’d done was set up a filtration system. Neither of them was willing to get sick because of impure drinking water.


Apparently the previous owner had been partial to kerosene lanterns, and used the fireplace to cook. Kegan was less than enthusiastic about that so, at Tony’s suggestion, they’d invested in a fancy propane camp stove and several battery-operated lanterns.


Chapter 3