Resilience

Born a month apart into the family of the Brazen Bulls MC, Athena Armstrong and Sam Spellman have been best friends from their earliest days. When they were little, the family always joked that they were boyfriend and girlfriend, but in reality they've never been anything but best friends. Completely platonic.

They consider themselves each other's person, as close as twins.

But they've both struggled with romantic relationships. Sam, prospecting for the club and trying not to let that ordeal break him down, is starting to think he's pulled in too many directions to fall in love. Or worse, that he's just not capable of that kind of love. Athena, who is deaf, is caught in a troubling relationship with a man she feels is the best she can do. The pool of ASL-fluent people in Oklahoma is neither wide nor deep.

Sometimes the truth is so close it's hard to see it clearly.

For Sam and Athena, only crisis will bring that truth into focus.