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

Noah focused on his hands trying to keep his mind off the story. “It said not to re-sign. That if I stayed in, the pictures would be sent to everyone I knew. My team, higher-ups, and other teams, so I couldn’t simply transfer.”


“You don’t think it was a joke? Someone saw you and thought it would be funny?” Mason’s voice held no humor. “Sometimes those guys can go to extremes to mess with your head.”


“You don’t think I thought of that?” Noah fisted his hands so tight, his nails dug into his palms. There’d be blood. “This wasn’t a joke. Whoever sent the pictures wanted me out.”


“But why?” Mason’s question was one Noah had asked himself daily since receiving the threat.


And still he had no answer. “I don’t know.”


They both stayed quiet for a while. Noah was grateful. His body ached, he was wrung out. He watched Mason, knowing the other man was going over all Noah had told him.


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