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

“No?” Buck grinned. “I’m on a roll.”


“Yeah, well roll yourself out of the car before…” Mika clamped his mouth shut.


“Before what?” Buck asked almost under his breath, gazing at Mika.


“Nothing. It was a stupid thought that I shouldn’t have been thinking.”


Buck put his hand on Mika’s knee. “You’re going to tell me anyway.”


“Uh-uh.” Mika shook his head hard. “You’ll think I’m crazy or something.”


“If you don’t, I’ll be useless at work because I’ll be trying to figure out what it might be. I’ll let some under-age kid in, the cops will descend and close the club, and I’ll have to start living on the streets because no one will give me a job because I fucked up and it’ll be all your fault.”


“Oh my God. That’s so lame.” Mika couldn’t help laughing.


“Kinda, still, tell me. We’re friends. We don’t keep secrets, well, mostly.”


Chapter 20