I'm the wild brother . . .

I live for the moment. For instant gratification. And Deputy Dalton Harvey will bring me a lot of gratification.

He's fighting our attraction, but I see the lust in his eyes. I don't care that he's slapped cuffs on me before and probably will again. It'll just make it all the sweeter when he breaks.

When that happens, I'll gladly dirty up that lawman and move on, like I always do. It doesn't matter that Dalton is one of the best men I've met. Or that he's sexy as sin with a sweet smile that always reaches his eyes. Everyone leaves in the end.

The only ones I trust are the strays I take in. The pets abandoned on the side of the road are thrown away just like me. I give them my heart because they'll be unquestionably loyal to me. Unlike humans. Unlike Dalton.

He says he wants more. He has honorable intentions. But he just doesn't understand. He'll leave too. He'll have to when he becomes the sheriff this town needs. I'm bad news. I'll only drag him down with me. And he deserves better. He just doesn't know it yet.

Contains mature themes.