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“I hadn’t even thought that far. It just came out, and then I realized I wanted that. She’s the best thing that’s ever happened to me.”

  “She is, and don’t ever forget it.”

  “I won’t,” Ryan said, then walked to his car, and opened the front door to let his dog jump in. A nearby engine rattled, then stopped quickly. He turned in the direction of the car.

  The hair on his neck rose. The Buick. Parking outside Colin’s house. “He’s back. Looks like he knows where we all live,” Ryan hissed. “Sophie told me he stopped by my house more than a week ago.”

  He straightened his spine, kept his eyes on the guy, and waited, arms crossed, feet planted wide. The guy walked around the back of his car, then stopped short when he saw them.

  “Hey,” he mumbled.

  Ryan lifted his chin. His eyes were narrowed. Colin had said something on the phone to him earlier this week about this guy, but Ryan didn’t like that he kept showing up, no matter what Colin had told him. “What’s the deal? My fiancée told me you stopped by my house the other day. Just man up and tell us what this is about.”

  The guy walked closer, inhaling and exhaling with each step. He stopped a few feet away. He was younger than Ryan expected, maybe even a teenager. He had a tough-guy edge with the boots, jeans, the tattoos that snaked up his arms, and a stubbled jaw, but his eyes were young.

  And something in them looked eerily familiar.

  Like Ryan recognized them. His blood froze, and all the hair on his arms stood on end.

  “Marcus?”

  Ryan snapped his gaze to his brother, whose jaw had fallen open as he’d said the name.

  “You know him?” Ryan asked.

  Colin nodded, eyes wide with shock.

  The guy cleared his throat and cut in. “I want to talk to both of you,” he said, his voice steady, but as if he were forcing that evenness. “We all have something in common.”

  “Why are you here?” Ryan asked, adrenaline surging through his body, like a fighter poised. “Who is he?” he said to Colin.

  But nothing could have prepared him for the next words.

  “My name is Marcus. I was born seventeen years ago at the Stella McLaren Federal Women’s Correctional Center. My mother is Dora Prince. I’m your brother.”

  THE END

  Stay tuned for the final two books in the SINFUL NIGHTS series! SINFUL LONGING is the love story of Colin Sloan and Elle Mariano and it releases in November and can be preordered here! SINFUL LOVE is the final book and it is also available to preorder!

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