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

The next time he came out, she was gone. Gage explained that the hotel’s laundry service was going to clean the clothes Kegan had been wearing and bring them back. “I think you made her day,” he added with a grin as he took a seat in one of the chairs in front of the window. “Now, do you want to tell me why you obviously decided to play homeless? No. Never mind. I think I can guess. You were spying on Hardy.”


“I was, and with some success.” Kegan went on to tell him what had happened. “They’re definitely looking for us.”


“Big surprise. You’re sure the man you saw was Patterson.”


“That’s how Hardy addressed him. He’s not bad looking, if you don’t mind the aura of I’m in charge of the worldhe has. Like he expects everyone to drop and do ten if he even frowns at them. By the way, he considers us some of the best men working for the Agency.”


“Nice to know he respects our talents. Or it would be, if he wasn’t trying to have us killed…”


Chapter 34