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309 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 1, 2025
"Good men don't carry scars like mine," he says quietly. He takes another hit and hands the smoke back to me, directing his exhale away from my face before he speaks. "Good men don't have shadows that try to drag them into the dark."
I take a hit and exhale out to the sea, watching as the swirls get yanked away by the wind and disappear. "You pull people out of the shadows because you know the way. Maybe you're supposed to have a foot in both—a bridge between two worlds."

After we're presentable again, he steps into me, his eyes sharpening. "I mean it—no one else gets to have you." His thumb passes over my lower lip. "I may not know how to do this but I'm going to figure it the fuck out."
