Debts and Devotion

Gareth chuckled. “You truly don’t see your own charm. Back in the force, half the regiment liked you. Had you wanted a boyfriend, applications would have filled a convoy.”

Perhaps at first it was only admiration. Inch by inch, that admiration had grown into a heartbeat that quickened whenever she walked into view.

He realized only when that blizzard swallowed the street and she, legs trembling, ho