Meet two men who need each other’s help but don’t realize it until it’s almost too late.<br><br>Noah is gay and terrified someone might find out. So much so that when he was blackmailed with pictures of himself with another man, instead of coming clean, he left his SEAL team without a word.<br><br>The other man is openly gay Mason, a former Marine and now part of the FBI’s Joint Terrorist Task force. It takes eight years after their first meeting in the desert for a chance event bring the two men together again. Now Noah must decide if he’s ready to accept who he is or if it’s easier to cut and run. Can they navigate the obstacles in their path to build a relationship? And why does the thought of that scare them more than investigating a group of terrorists?

In His Sights

“I knew what you meant. I’m kidding with you,” Noah choked out, hoping Mason remained too focused on driving to hear the hitch in his voice. “I’m not dating any one person right now.”


“Right now? That mean you recently broke up?” After taking a single breath Mason said, “Shit. I’m sorry. You don’t need to answer. It’s none of my business.”


“It’s okay.” Now this Noah could talk about. Anything that made him seem normal was okay to say. “I dated this girl for two years, but it didn’t work out.”


“Wow. Two years. That’s a long time. You mind me asking what happened?”


“Don’t mind. We were stagnant, not moving on toward the next level. That’s what she said. I think it was because I left the Navy.” Noah still got an ache in his chest when he said that


“You really think you leaving was an issue?”


Chapter 13