A Custom Story by S. J. Wilder
Before the badge. Before the legend. Before the name Sheriff Reaper echoed through Blackridge- there was just a boy trying to outrun the world closing in around him.
Albert Gonzalez grew up in a small South Carolina town where trouble came in many forms: bullies, flying cockroaches, and the kind of childhood chaos that shapes boys into men long before they're ready. But Albert wasn't alone. He had his brother Berto, the wild duo Felipe and Jorge, and the steady guidance of Rene - the quiet leader who kept them all from burning the world down.
And he had Max. The stepfather who taught him what strength really looked like. What love looked like. What a man should be.
Those lessons carried Albert into adulthood... and into the badge he never expected to wear.
But when old friends return, new threats rise, and the streets begin to whisper the name he's tried to outrun, Albert is forced to confront the past he left behind - and the future he must protect at all costs.
As danger creeps closer to his family, Albert's world collides with the underground racing scene he once escaped. Loyalties fracture. Secrets surface. And when his daughter is caught in the crossfire, the Reaper inside him awakens.
Some men run from their past. Albert Gonzalez races straight into it.
A story of brotherhood, loyalty, family, and the thin line between who we were and who we become, The Line Between Us is a gripping, emotional origin story crafted exclusively for its namesake - blending heart, humor, danger, and the kind of love that makes a man unstoppable
