When she is physically able to work at center, she moves in with Sky. She wants to work with him, but she realizes she will have to get the physical rehabilitation she has refused since the accident. Kelly comes out to view the center, and the animals captivate her. After his conviction for the murders, Talbot swore he would kill Sky after his release. When he was only 19, his parents were murdered when Billy Jo Talbot, a childhood bully who had tormented Sky for years, torched their house. Sky understands the power of the birds to help the people who are trying to aid them. To help make conversation, he brings Bella, a Harris Hawk he is caring for, and asks Kelly for help in looking after the birds at his small raptor rehabilitation center. Reluctant at first, he grudgingly agrees to see her. In desperation, her mother Laura seeks out a childhood friend of Kelly’s, Sky McCoy, to ask for his help. Already suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder because of her wartime activities, she fell into a black hole of depression, from which she seemingly could not be roused. This crash caused the deaths of two men who were also on the flight and permanently damaged her leg so badly that she could no longer fly. The first occurred while she was a Marine flying missions in Afghanistan, which led to medical discharge, and the second happened when she was flying a water-dumping helicopter into a wild fire area. Kelly Trahern was a helicopter pilot until two tragic accidents forced her to give up flying. The reason I chose to read Lindsay McKenna’s Dangerous Prey was because I wanted to learn a little bit more about the creatures while enjoying a romance in the bargain. As the rooftop and the level on which I was parked were the same, I got a really good look at one of these magnificent birds. The bird was perched on rooftop of a building just across the street from the parking garage. In December, I caught a rare glimpse of a falcon in my neighborhood.