Chapter 10 One year later The hour was late and Noah was tired. He’d just come off his fourth back-to-back assignment and desperately needed some R&R. He paced the concourse; if he sat down, no doubt he’d crash. He had a three-hour layover, and he needed something to keep his mind going, so his body would follow suit. He glanced around the airport. When he spotted the bar across the way, his stomach tightened. That was where he’d met Mason the year before. He couldn’t believe it was so long ago. Parts of him felt like it was yesterday, and others, as if a lifetime had passed. Regardless, he wouldn’t let his mind rehash those few days. He was better off with their time together long forgotten. It had taken him a while to get over what had happened, and he knew putting the experience behin