Fucked raw under his care
Cole McKnight is a disciplined, bodyguard hired by Senator Richard Irwin to protect his 23 years oldson, Ashton, after he begins receiving threats. Cole's impression of Ashton just another rich kid living off his father's money. But small moments reveal Ashton's depth and intelligence, Cole finds his professional mask slipping.
When Cole is forced to move into Ashton's house for round-the-clock protection, the tension becomes unbearable. Charged conversations and stolen moments build a connection neither can deny. Cole is terrified not just of his job, but of the senator's power and what he could do to destroy Cole if he discovered his bodyguard had crossed the line.
Everything changes when Marcus, Cole's contact and trusted ally, reveals the truth: the threats aren't random. Senator Irwin is involved in campaign finance fraud, embezzlement, and money laundering at the highest levels. The threats are leverage a way to keep him compliant. And Ashton is the point.
Cole and Ashton flee to a safe house, their forced proximity finally breaking Cole's resolve. They become intimate, but the moment is shattered by armed attackers. Cole kills the intruders, but one injures Ashton before Cole takes him down. They ran to safe house not knowing it's compromised from the inside.
The betrayal becomes clear in the final chapter: Marcus, the man Cole has trusted for years, has been working for the criminal the whole time He orchestrated every every plan, every moment of danger. When Marcus sends Ashton a photo of his father beaten in an industrial warehouse, he demands Cole bring Ashton to him—alone—or he dies.
Cole's is No longer a bodyguard bound by professional ethics, he's a warrior. With Ashton's hand in his and backup secretly in place, he walks toward the warehouse, toward Marcus, toward a confrontation that will determine whether they survive
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Chapter: Chapter 11: old woundsCole didn't move for a full thirty seconds."Harlan is dead," Cole said."No. He's not.""I watched him die. Prague. The ambush that killed my team." His voice was completely flat. The flatness that came after something hit too hard for a normal reaction. "I pulled him out of a burning vehicle. He didn't make it to the hospital.""He didn't make it to the hospital you were taken to," Sixteen said. "Different vehicle. Different hospital. Different name on the intake form." She slid her phone across the table. A photo on the screen. "He's been Victor Crane for four years. Private security consulting. Offices in Geneva and Washington."Cole looked at the photo for a long time.I looked at Cole."He set up the ambush," Cole said."He sold the operation to the same network that owns your senator's case. Has been running money through defense contracts for eleven years." Sixteen took her phone back. "Your team died because they were getting close to the financial trail. Harlan decided it
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Chapter: chapter 10: The person in the shadowsCole read the message three times.I watched his face cycle through suspicion, calculation, and something that looked almost like recognition before it locked down again into neutral."You know who it is," I said."Maybe."Cole."He sat up and ran a hand through his hair. "There was someone. Before Marcus. Before any of this. A contact I used when I was still active military. Someone who moved in the same circles as the people behind your father's case." He looked at the phone. "I haven't heard from them in four years.""Man or woman?"Never met them in person. Everything was encrypted drops and burner numbers." He stood and pulled on his jeans. "They called themselves Sixteen.""That's not a name.""No. It's not." He looked at the message again. "But they saved my life once. Operation that went sideways in Prague. Everyone else on my team walked into an ambush. I got a warning forty minutes before. Anonymous. Never explained.""And you think this is them.""I think it might be." H
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Chapter: Chapter 9: confession under pressureMy father's silence lasted three seconds too long.Cole stepped closer. Not threatening. Worse than that. Calm."Senator. Who did you call?""Someone who can help us." My father's voice was steady but his hands weren't. "Someone inside the investigation who's been protecting me from the beginning."A name.""Agent Reeves. Dana Reeves. She's been my contact for six months. She's the one who pushed me to cooperate in the first place."Cole didn't move. "Dana Reeves is the leak."The color drained from my father's face."She's been feeding your location to Marcus's employers since the beginning," Cole said. "Marcus told me before he died. He didn't know her name but he described her. Female handler. Six months in. Pushed the senator hard to cooperate so they'd know exactly what evidence existed and who had it."My father stood. Sat back down. His hands pressed flat to his knees."The drive," I said. "If she knows about the drive""She knows." Cole was already moving. Bag up, gun chec
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Chapter: chapter 8: No way outCole was dressed before I reached for my shirt.He moved fast, pulling on his jeans and checking his gun in one motion, already at the window with two fingers on the curtain edge before I had my shoes on. He looked out without moving the curtain. A narrow gap. Enough."How many?" I asked."One car. Black sedan. Parked facing the exit." He let the curtain fall. "They're not here to grab us. If they were, they'd have come through the door already.""Then what do they want?""To let us know they can find us anywhere." He turned from the window and looked at me. "It's a message. They want us scared and running.""Is it working?""On you or me?"Either."Cole holstered his gun and picked up his phone. He typed a fast text and waited. The response came back in under a minute. He read it and his expression didn't change but something behind his eyes did."Marcus had a partner," he said. "Someone inside the federal investigation. Someone who's been feeding our location since day one.""Since
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Chapter: Chapter 7 : Still BleedingHe handed me the phone without a word.The text was three sentences."Marcus is dead"Shot in the warehouse after you left. Whoever sent the second team they're not done.They want the senator. And they know about you.Both of you.Cole had the door locked, the curtain drawn, and his shirt off before I could say a word. The graze on his side was worse than he'd let on. Dark and raw, the skin already purpling at the edges, blood dried in a thick line from his ribs to his hip."You said it was manageable," I said."It is.""Cole, that needs stitches.""It needs a cloth and some pressure. Sit down."He went to the bathroom and came back with a wet towel and a first aid kit from his bag. He sat across from me on the edge of the bed and pressed the cloth to his own side like it was nothing. Like he hadn't taken a bullet two hours ago protecting me and my father.I crossed the room, took the cloth from his hand, and held it myself.He let me.That was how I knew how tired he was. Cole McKni
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Chapter: Chapter 6: The WarehouseThe door was open.That was the first wrong thing.Cole stopped me with a hand across my chest. He scanned the entrance. Dark inside. No guards posted. No sound."He wants us to walk in," Cole said."So we walk in.""That's the trap.""I know, just walk in anyway."Under it sat my father.His face was swollen. Blood dried at his temple. Both wrists zip-tied to the arms of a metal chair. His eyes found me and he shook his head. Mouthed something I couldn't read."Ashton." Marcus's voice from somewhere above us. The mezzanine level. "Right on time."Cole moved me behind a crate without breaking stride."You look good, Cole," Marcus called down. "Considering you just drove through three of my checkpoints.""I didn't see any checkpoints.""That's the point."A pause. Footsteps above us. Moving slow."Send the senator out," Cole said. "We take him and leave. You walk away clean."Marcus laughed. Not the laugh I remembered from the phone, easy and professional. This one had edges. "You thi
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