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

“He’s the one who set it off,” Mika told the officers, pointing at Gordie. He and Buck had brought him into the living room when he came to, putting him on the sofa where he lay with his arm dangling uselessly off the edge. In the process, a loaded gun had dropped from Gordie’s waistband. Buck had gotten a washrag from the bathroom to pick it up, setting it on the coffee table.


“You’re crazy,” Gordie groaned. “These two attacked me and all I was doing was paying a condolence call.”


“Not true,” Mika said adamantly, and then with Buck’s help he told the officers what had happened, and why. When they had finished, Mika took the box from his pocket. “This is what he was after, and he had that—” He pointed to the gun. “Probably to force me tell him where it was if he didn’t find it somewhere in the apartment.”


“Do you have any proof that Mr. Finley hired the man who you claim killed your mother and brother?” one of the officers asked.


“I think that’s yourjob,” Mika replied angrily.


Chapter 36