Checkmate — K.R. Bankston

Finally the specter of Ice's interference has been removed and Tariq and Kaitlyn are happily raising their twin daughters, their lives and business back on track in their new home, Gary, Indiana. It would seem the fates have found favor in the couple and are allowing them some measure of peace to cherish, live, and dream their future together.



Ian is moving to Overton Park. He's ready to return once again to the greatness the Bailey Brothers once were. The prospect of seemingly limitless power promised through his new merger with Ray Lockhart, gives him reason to smile, now that the woman he still loves wholly has once again rejected him for his mortal enemy.



A knock at the door and a manila envelope delivered by courier soon changes Ian's perspective as his new partner gives him the ammunition he needs to deliver the lethal concluding finale to Tariq and Kaitlyn's union; his victory all but guaranteed and her return to his arms certain.



**Author's Note: Thin Ice is a presented in numbered episodes as a written serial/soap opera. It is a drama series dealing with daily events in the lives of the same group of characters over a set period of years.