TEN –––––––– Tuck left his stool. Kadie knew this man inside out, she knew everything about him. Maybe not about his work and his colleagues, but she knew his personality, his motivations, and recognized his moods. Yet, looking at him now, there was something scary about the menace in his unyielding form and grim scowl. Tucker Holt was terrifying, and until today she’d never seen this side of him. Choosing not to look directly at him, she felt him loom beside her like an immovable force, an intimidating reckoning that saw the world and everything in it all at once. He knew everything, feared nothing, and just like that she got it. The man she loved, the man she had been with for years and trusted with her heart, the man she had saved herself and her world for, was dangerous and capable

