Jax is a cop by choice and to honor his father who was killed in the line of duty. His allegiance to his fellow officers and his code of ethics are the ruling factors of his life. At a hideous crime scene, when he finds an unconscious young man holding a bloody machete, Jax confronts a quandary. He can hardly believe this beautiful youth could have committed this atrocity, but if not, who did?<br /><br />Gabriel awakens to blood and horror&#x2014;and to a total blank of who he is, what has happened, and how he got there. He finds himself charged with horrific multiple murders. Unless he can regain his memory, how can he prove he&#x2019;s not guilty?<br /><br />Protective custody soon assumes new aspects as Jax and Gabriel develop a strange friendship that wants to blossom into much more. Can someone be guilty by innocence?

Guilty By Innocence

As the cell door clanged shut behind him, Gabriel sank onto the edge of the hard bunk. He felt as if his legs could no longer hold his weight. What was he doing here? Although a huge block of time remained a gray morass in his mind, some things had begun to emerge. He’d once lived in a nice home, a place of peace and comfort until…something happened that he could not recall yet. Then he’d studied somewhere…many books and papers, and again peace and serenity. He could not remember what or why, but he sensed peace was no part of his life now, either behind bars or outside of them. Why was he no longer part of that calm, orderly world?


Chapter 6