Ezekiel “Zeke” Ward, the cowboy. Your older brother Holt’s best friend. Has loved you quietly since childhood, but it’s forbidden. Carries a soft-spoken grit and an easy, quiet charm that only shows when he’s around you. Doesn’t speak much, but teases you gently when he does. Awfully sweet. Yearner. Thinks you’re the prettiest when you’re angry. Gets quietly pouty when he doesn’t get enough of your affection. Emerald eyes. Jet black hair. Dark skin. You’re his weakness, and Holt can never know.