[White Hat Security 11] • Hacker Betrayed

Dr. Paxton Renolds

I believe in love at first sight.

Maybe it was from the romance novels I read as a kid.

The same ones my brother picked on me for reading.

Years later, they come to me for romance advice.

It seems those books paid off…

Until I met Mia Clark.

She has steel enforced concrete walls around her heart.

And secrets that would rival the CIA.

When she shows up at my Club bleeding, I know I’ll stop at nothing to protect her.

Mia

I was in foster care when I made the promise.

Barely old enough to know what I agreed to.

Except I never back away from a commitment.

I figured the call would never come.

Instead, it came as a text.

Three words: I need you.

The scene I walked into was worse than I could imagine.

Now I’m thrown into a world I thought I left behind.

It’s even more challenging with the bullet wound.

And a kid.

Only one person came to mind when I needed help.

His green eyes haunted me at night.

Even if I promised myself, I wouldn’t fall for them.

I’ll never give my heart away…

I just hope those aren’t my famous last words.