Lie with Me A Shadow Force Novel [Paperback]

USStephanie Tyleris the author of the Navy SEAL trilogy:Hard to Hold, Too Hot to Hold,andHold On Tight. She lives in New York with her husband, her daughter, and a crazy Weimaraner named Gus.CHAPTER 1

Parting is all we know of heaven, And all we need of hell. Emily Dickinson

The sleek, dark bitch tailing him over the crest of the mountain was definitely not standard Army issue.

Cameron Moore ignored both the snow swirling furiously around his Harley and the classified stealth helo on his six as he began his ascent up the thin, curved ridge ringed by stone that would lead him to his destination.

Half a mile earlier, when he'd heard the familiar thump of the quiet bird over the roar of his bike, the hairs on the back of his neck had risen. Now his gut tightened in tandem with the heavy whir of the rotors, and fuck, he'd thought this was over and done with.

He'd had nearly five months of freedom, having been assured that his debt was paid in full, which meant there would be no more black ops jobs involving the CIA and this fucking helo from hell following him. But he'd been down this road before--after five years, eight years, ten years. The promise of release had never been kept, eleven years and counting.

It'll never be fully paid. You knew that . . . you just didn't want to believe it.

And still, he pushed on, trying to ignore the past that wouldn't let him forget.

He'd only been back from a mission with Delta Force for forty-eight hours, on leave for the past twenty and headed to visit Dylan Scott--a man he'd met through Delta, and his best friend--in the Catskills when he'd been tracked.

One of these days, Gabriel Creighton--CIA chameleon extraordinaire--wouldn't be able to find Cam anymore. The chip that had once been implanted in Cam's right forearm was only as big as a postage stamp, and as slim as one too . . . and was long gone. He'd convinced himself that Gabriel couldn't tralsy