Six years ago, Jarrett Kessel helped his best friend’s little brother deal with his family’s rejection when he came out. He saw potential in the tempestuous teenager. Talent. Then, they both moved on with their lives.<br><br>Now, the FBI needs Jarrett’s help. Sketch artist Eli Locke is their only lead in finding a killer, but he’s nowhere to be found. Though the Feds are convinced Jarrett is the best way to lure him out, he’s not so sure. Until they show him the web comic Eli has created, with a superhero who bears a striking resemblance to Jarrett.<br><br>When Eli gets an email out of the blue from the man who changed his life, he doesn’t even consider saying no to a meeting. Jarrett is even more amazing than he remembers, and the fact that he’s all right being the role model for the one thing that means the most to Eli is just icing on the cake. But the truth about the murder comes out, and even though he had nothing to do with it, Eli wants to run. It’s up to Jarrett to keep him from ruining his life for good, before the killer finds them both and does it first ...

Outlined in Ink

“How far in advance do you do your strip?”


Jarrett’s question allayed some of Eli’s anxiety. He was coming back to believing Eli again. Thank God. “I’ve got it plotted out in my head, but I only ever draw one week at a time. I like to keep it open in case I change my mind about where the storyline is headed.”


“So Sandora just wants the last strip,” Jarrett said. “He was willing to keep me alive as long as it took to get what he wanted. If he thought for a second Fong was going to be useful, he wouldn’t have killed him.”


“That’s assuming Sandora’s the one who did it.”


Even Yager didn’t seem to buy Ven’s devil’s advocate position. “He’s too willing to leave bodies around. Until another viable candidate shows up, I say he’s our man.”


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