Lyle Atwood's company is hired to costume a party given by multi-millionaire Warner Radclyffe. As he and his employees begin preparations for the job, Lyle begins to feel as if someone is watching him. Then he meets Damien Sauvage, the newest tenant in the apartment building where he lives. Damien tells Lyle that he's a waiter, and when Lyle confides in him that he thinks he's being stalked, Damien offers to help find out who it is. What he neglects to tell Lyle is he actually works for Radclyffe, who wants him to protect Lyle from a very powerful enemy. As Damien gains Lyle's confidence, he becomes attracted to the younger man -- an attraction that Lyle reciprocates. He fights his feelings, knowing Lyle will hate him when he finds out his secret -- and even more so when he learns what Damien really is. Radclyffe orders Damien to continue the job, as he has a secret of his own involving Lyle. A secret that cannot be revealed until the night of the party. Can Lyle survive what is to come, or will the lies of omission be the death of him -- or worse?

Lies of Omission

Damien smiled in return. “I’m not everyone. We’re off the subject, however. When you said they followed you home, did the feeling go away when you got there?”


“Yes. To be totally honest, I felt it when I left work but I didn’t see anyone who seemed interested in me. When I got to my car it sort of went away, but as soon as I took off…well, I kept checking my mirrors to see if I could spot a car, the same one, behind me more than once. Then I stopped to pick up supper and when I left the drive-thru it was gone.” Lyle glanced right and left, then said, “Let’s go that way and then back home. It’s getting really cold.”


“I hadn’t noticed, but I guess you’re right,” Damien replied.


“Maybe I was hallucinating?” Lyle suggested after they turned the corner and began the walk along the street behind the apartment building. “I thought that at first, because of what’s going on at work, and I was probably right.”


Chapter 13