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For the first time in years, he felt something close to peace. Then, finally, he let the excitement settle in—the realization of what he truly wanted. He was in love. He wanted a future with Megan. And after this conversation with his family, for the first time, it seemed possible. It was time to set things right with the woman of his dreams.

It was too dark to see her expression, but he could feel the tension in her body. “What are you going to do?” There was no time for an argument. “Don’t worry about me.” “I can’t.” Her voice was thick with tears. “We need to stay together⁠—” “No.” His tone was sharp and harsh, but the mere thought of Megan putting herself in harm’s way… it crippled him. Jax leaned closer and put his mouth near her ear. “I love you.

That centered feeling washed over him again. The push-pull of their relationship, the way each of them bared their soul to the other… there was safety and love and respect. He didn’t feel alone. Not in his grief, not in his anger, not in his heartache. But it was more than that. Megan saw him. Megan was the first person he could laugh with, and the first person he could cry with. He could be himself.

His world was in chaos, but the minute Megan came into view, something shifted. He felt grounded. It was unlike anything he’d ever experienced before. Dawson hummed low in his throat. “Man… you got it bad.” Jax was going to kill his friend. Murder him right there in the center of the police station. “Shut. Up.” He couldn’t even wrap his head around these developing feelings for Megan.

Jax stared at her, mesmerized. Had he ever seen her like this? Happy and carefree? Their previous interactions had always been so fraught with tension, and since the attacks, worry had entrenched itself in her features. So no, he didn’t think he’d ever seen her like this. It stole his breath. Megan was an objectively beautiful woman, but happiness enhanced her beauty, making her radiant.

You sssaved me.” “Naw. You saved yourself.” Jax didn’t want to think about those harrowing moments watching the fire-spewing drone chase Megan. He’d felt helpless. The dive into the lake had likely spared her life, giving Jax time to shoot the drone down. “I just pulled you from the lake and warmed your toes.” His gaze met hers and held. Jax’s breath caught as something passed between them. Intangible, but powerful.

She fired up her laptop, sipping her latte while the system booted. Seconds later, she was reviewing her emails. Megan froze as she scrolled through the messages flooding her screen. Dozens of them. The time and date stamps showed they’d been coming all weekend. All from the same sender, the subject line in all caps. IT’S NOT OVER. NEXT TIME, I WILL KILL YOU.

He said he wouldn’t hurt me. I didn’t believe him, so when he ordered me to turn onto a dirt road, I slowed down to escape the vehicle.” Her hand drifted to the matted blood in her hair. “He hit me with the gun while I was undoing my seat belt.” Anger heated Jax’s blood. A man kidnapping a woman at gunpoint and pistol-whipping her was abhorrent. No matter his personal feelings about Megan, she didn’t deserve this.

A truck came up behind her sedan and rammed them. Terrified, Oliver grabbed the wheel of Megan’s car. While they struggled for control, the assailant rammed them again, sending their vehicle off the edge of an embankment. Oliver was killed instantly. Megan, wounded and trapped in the wreck, sat all night next to her friend. Praying. Crying. Cold. Terrified that the attacker would return to finish the job.