TEN –––––––– * * * * Tardiness wasn’t a great start to her workday. But she couldn’t say that her day had started out badly overall, not after enjoying ecstasy in a tryst with her lover. So wearing the widest smile she’d ever had, Zara made her peace with running behind at CI and appreciated the solitude of her office. It gave her much-needed time to process the new information rattling around in her head. Not least of which was the identity of her lover. Raven was an abstract guy who was all danger and mystery. Learning that he was in fact Brodie McCormack, brother of her boss and son of a business tycoon, she felt much more secure with him and with what they were doing. Raven was elusive and it would be impossible for a real relationship to endure between her and a phantom. Caring fo

