"I'm not dead yet, and you're already staring at other men? That cool with you?"

Aurora Jones smacked Mason Jackson’s hand away.

"Go play your damn cards."

She turned back to her game, calling her girls in to start.

Beatrice Ashfold handed her a lollipop and whispered, "This is the first time I've seen Mason Jackson like this."

"He used to have eyes for no one, cold as hell."

"But look at him now."

Jace Kee chimed in softly, "When he saved me, he ...