The Soldier (Alpha Cove, #1)

by Susan Stoker

“When Chad was around eight, before Austin put up the swing and about a year after Zach was born, he and Lincoln were playing in the water here. As you can see, there’s a small protected area where it’s not as deep. Lincoln was around eleven, and he knew he was in charge of keeping his younger brother safe. They had to adhere to the buddy system when they were playing. Anyway, he came running into the house screaming that Chad was being attacked. “I, of course, panicked, and Austin and I ran to see what was happening. Chad was standing down there in the water, crying hysterically—with a lobster attached to his penis. They’d been skinny-dipping, as our boys did all the time, and somehow this lobster mistook his . . . you know . . . for something it wanted to eat.