Tate D’Angelo always thought he knew who his father was: beloved doctor, devoted husband and father ... Everyone at the funeral shared the same glowing stories of a kind soul. So when his father’s old college buddy, Randy, approaches him after the service, Tate expects to hear echoes of the same.<br><br>Instead, he gets a lifetime’s worth of letters that tell a different tale and cause him to view his father -- and his family -- in a whole new light.<br><br>The truth, about a secret romance kept buried for decades, astonishes him. Overwhelmed by grief and confusion, Tate’s unsure if he can bear learning how the lives of two men entwined over the years, but he reads on anyway, discovering more to value, more to respect, and most importantly, more to love about the man who raised him.

Family Obligations

“That’s for scaring us all.” She let up on his injury, so she didn’t actually mean it. She was just taking advantage of the opportunity. “Oh my God, Transit was terrified.She only left her room after she found out you were safe.”


Gin waved to Transit and gestured for her to approach. “Are you kidding?” He winked at Smoke. “I should send her a fruit basket. Seriously, I couldn’t do the ice travel thing without hurting myself worse before now. Otherwise I’d have set your minds at ease a lot earlier.”


Transit hung her head. “I am so sorry. I’m not doing the teleport thing anymore. It’s too risky.”


Gin held up a hand. “You’ll get better at it. And it’s better we wound up where we did than staying in the warehouse with the bomb, right?” She bit her lip and nodded. He knew he hadn’t gotten through, not yet, but he’d get there. “Transit, this is Smoke. You helped him too.”


Her eyes widened. “You’re one of those Alpha Team guys. You know wolves don’t really work that way, right?”


Chapter 21