Heathen — K.J. Dahlen

HeathenNever in my life have I ever hit a woman, a real man doesn't need to do that, that was how I grew up and those words echo in my head every single day. I'd seen too much of that growing up and in the years since then too. But when I saw someone point a gun at the back of a friend's head I reacted. I didn't know until I knocked the person out that she was a woman.Rather than leave an injured woman behind. I brought her with me when we managed to get a target, Witsec person away from a dangerous position. I found out later that the woman was a Federal Marshal, but she was a Marshal with a secret that could put our position in danger.She put up a crabby exterior but I looked beneath that and found a sensitive woman underneath. Someone I wanted to protect from the lies that were told about her. Then the whole truth came out and I knew I was right about her. ToryI was a Federal Marshal, but I had secrets to hide. I loved being the one to wear the badge and go after the bad guys. until three years ago when the Thorns came after me.My current assignment was babysitting a Witsec witness and when I began digging into her background, I knew she was the key I needed to get at the Thorn. When she was taken out of the witness protection program, I had to follow her. Along came Heathen and I find myself in real trouble. Both personally and job wise.Then my secrets come out as I knew they would someday. But the truth finally comes out too. Shay uses that truth to bring down the Black Thorns and in the end, it brings my family together in a way no one expected.