" He was several blocks away, idling at a light, when he shoved his shirtsleeves up and caught sight of the leather bracelet. And that’s when he realized he’d been played. “. . . we can’t go back out because I can’t protect you.” “I already almost got you killed.” Prophet was just as much of a liability to Tom as Tom was to him. And that wasn’t an accusation, but rather an inescapable fact. His "

― S.E. Jakes , Catch a Ghost (Hell or High Water, #1)