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

“I hope.” Damien wasn’t as certain as his boss seemed to be that it would happen. But they’d gotten off the subject of why he was there in the first place. “All right, exactly what do you have planned?” he asked.


“You will stick to him like glue from the second you arrive. If the pendant warns you that someone is not who they seem you’ll alert me or Felicia immediately.”


“Why don’t you have pendants, too?”


“They’re not that easy to create,” Felicia replied. “You’re wearing mine. I’m working on a second one, but it’s taking more time than I’d like. If I finish it before the party, I’ll be wearing it.”


“Okay. I presume you two will be very close to him when the time arrives.”


Chapter 42