Chapter One

Beckett

I take in the woman kneeling in front of me, her hands traveling awfully close to trouble, her eyes begging for me to make a promise that I couldn’t make even if I wanted to.

One of her hands slides further south but I manage to catch it just as a voice sounds in my ear with a warning, “you’re getting close to trouble, man. Best not to play with fire.”

With an almost imperceivable nod, I s