Through Any Fire

God, if I had my way, I would’ve married him in a heartbeat. Eyes closed with a smile, I would’ve fallen arms wide open and headfirst into his raging storm. It didn’t matter that we were teenagers, that he was the heir to the rival Keane family, or that I was arguably too young to know he was the love of my life. When we were together, all that was just static noise we tuned out...until that fateful night.

Eleven years later, I can still find the sharp ache of his betrayal right where it burrowed. It’s haunted me every day, no matter how much I lied to myself that I was moving on.

Only now, my brother has gone missing. Sent into Keane territory on a mission to be Made, no one has heard from him in weeks. Any goodwill I had with the Bianchi family dried up long ago when my father died, and now, the only way I can save my brother is to swallow the bitter sting of betrayal and beg Callahan for help. It’s like swallowing glass, but for Mason, I manage it.

The only catch? Callahan needs a wife. And he’s been waiting for the day I return.