Over the past few months, Liam had done everything he could to get under Nova's skin to keep her upset. Slowly he was releasing false information to the media and stalking her. It was spring now and Claire had finished her internship and was doing much better physically. Ace had yet to convince Becket to go along with his plan to take down Liam, but Beck agreed that something needed to be done.

Becket was in the backyard of his large estate on a clear Friday morning enjoying the cool spring breeze. They had a few days off from work and were making the best of their free time. He...