When the police call the slaughter of his mother and brother a home invasion gone bad, Mika doesn't believe it. Because he has no way to prove otherwise, he closes down, refusing to talk about what happened.<br><br>That is until Buck, a bouncer at a local bar Mika visits, convinces Mika to open up to him. When he does, Buck not only learns about the murder, but also that Mika grew up living off the grid until his father died, two years previously, at which point his family moved to the city.<br><br>They begin to bond as they try to figure out the reason behind the murders, which may revolve around the family property in the mountains. All they have to do is prove it, without being killed in the process. Only if they can will they take a chance and move their growing friendship on to something more.

Hunting a Killer

What was that all about? Damn. Not what I’m thinking, that’s for sure. With a shake of his head, he got Reko’s laptop and sat down to go through his emails.


Buck was in the midst of checking the licenses of several people who looked as if it would be a while before they turned thirty when his cell vibrated. He took it out, glanced quickly at the caller ID and texted back Give me a couple


“Girlfriend?” one guy asked with a grin.


“Boyfriend.” Buck bit back a laugh at the guy’s dumbfounded look. That shut him up.


As soon as he let them into the club, he called Mika to say he was free to talk. “At least for the moment.”


Chapter 14