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ChapterOne

Jace Abel dropped to one knee and peered down the sight at his target. Shooting practice always ended in some healthy competition between him and his four brothers. But now that they worked for the WEST Protection team, the rivalry sometimes got out of hand.

A shrill whistle ripped through the air as one of Jace’s teammates attempted to throw him off so he’d miss the target.

Shaking off the disruption, he refocused on the playing cards tacked to the target.

“It’s just a friendly game of poker, Jace,” came his older brother Judd’s drawl. “I know you can hit all four aces on that wall.”

He squinted at the card deck pinned to the wall in random order and locked in on the ace of hearts. His finger gently squeezed the trigger and he took the shot. He couldn’t see exactly where he hit, but he was aiming for the A.

In rapid succession, he shot three more times, hoping for the four of a kind that would earn him top marksman at the training. He was up against some stiff competition. The WEST team was the best of the best.

But they didn’t know how competing brought out the best in Jace.

He snapped to his feet and holstered his weapon.

Judd let out a whoop and clapped him on the shoulder. “Damn good shooting, brother.”

Their boss Ross Wynton, the W in WEST Protection, gave Jace a curt nod. “Let’s go take a look.”

They set off away from his teammates lined up on the edge of the shooting range.

Loud laughter sounded, and Jace smirked as he sauntered across the course to reach the target. He caught his boss’s crooked grin too.

“You know what the ladies say about a cowboy and his Wranglers, don’t ya?” Ross asked.

Jace scuffed a knuckle over his jaw. “What’s that?”

“Only thing better than a cowboy in Wranglers is a cowboy out of Wranglers.”

“Is that what your wife lives by?”

Ross threw him a grin. “That’s my business, but you keep visiting the bar on Friday nights and you’ll find out for yourself.”

He issued a chuckle. “Got no complaints from the ladies of Stone Pass yet.”

“Guess you had lots of practice back in Georgia before making the move.”

They arrived at the target. The cards were all in perfect, unmarked condition except for the four aces. Ross touched one, where the corner with theAhung from a sliver of paper.

“Damn good shootin’.”

Jace cocked a brow. “Better than the others?”

“I won’t say that, but I’ll be buying you a steak dinner tonight.”

“Hell yeah. Bring it on.”

Together, they turned and strode back to the others. The guys silenced and looked to Ross, waiting for the final decision.

“Perfect shooting from Jace,” he announced.

“Maybe the tight jeans kept all the blood in his trigger finger,” his teammate ribbed.

Jace spread his first two fingers and pointed at his eyes. “It’s all in the perfect vision.”

“Jace! Heads up!” Madeline, one of the owners of the facility used to train the WEST team and other security teams all over the country, caught his attention.

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