Six years ago, Rafael Duarte broke Graham Lark's heart to save the young rider's career. Now the Sastrugi Racing soigneur needs the team job to pay for his mother's surgery-and the rider who needs his care is Graham himself.
Graham's only shot at a wildcard-defining season depends on Rafael's hands. Treatment table, team bus, hotel corridors: forced professional intimacy meets six years of unfinished longing, and every touch risks everything.
The team's staff/rider rule is absolute. Discovery means losing the job, the race, and the wildcard bid. But some things can't stay buried-not when the last kilometer is all that matters.
A story about second chances, the ethics of wanting, and the two men who chose true over safe.
