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Over the edge

Author: Allison zee
last update publish date: 2025-08-13 03:51:44

The sun was already beginning its slow descent, casting golden fire over the city when Cassian stepped onto the penthouse terrace.

Rows of low tables were draped in white linen, champagne buckets sweating against the humid air. The rooftop pool glittered like liquid crystal, its surface reflecting strings of white fairy lights stretched above. Guests mingled in crisp white linen dresses, linen shirts, tailored shorts, wide-brimmed hats. The scent of sea salt from the man-made rooftop breeze mix
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  • The Bodyguards boy    DISCOVERY

    Elias doesn’t look surprised when Rowan returns.That’s the first thing Rowan notices.Not the house. Not the silence. Not even the fact that the door is already open before he knocks.Just Elias.Waiting.“You came back,” Elias says.Rowan steps inside without hesitation, Taryn just behind him. “You knew I would.”Elias gives a small nod, like that confirms something he had already decided.“I was hoping you would,” he replies.The door closes behind them.The room feels the same as before quiet, controlled, nothing out of place. But something has shifted.Last time, Elias held back.This timehe doesn’t.Rowan doesn’t waste time.“You lied,” he says.Taryn glances at him, but doesn’t interrupt.Elias exhales slowly, not defensive, not surprised.“I didn’t lie,” he says. “I just didn’t say everything.”“That’s the same thing,” Rowan replies.Elias shakes his head slightly. “No. It’s knowing when the truth matters.”Rowan steps closer.“It matters now.”A pause.Elias studies him care

  • The Bodyguards boy    BLOODLINE

    The door doesn’t lock behind him this time.Cassian notices that first.Not the guard stepping aside. Not the way the hallway stretches further than he expected. Not even the fact that no one is rushing him.Just the door.Unlocked.He steps out slowly, testing it without making it obvious. His body is still recovering, still heavier than it should be, but he doesn’t show it. Not here. Not now.“Keep moving,” the guard says.The tone isn’t harsh.Just firm.Cassian doesn’t argue.He follows.The air changes before he even sees where they’re going.Cooler.Cleaner.Less confined.By the time they step outside, the difference is immediate.Open space.A wide stretch of land bordered by low fencing, the ground soft with trimmed grass. To the right, a stable stands quiet, the faint scent of hay and wood carried lightly through t

  • The Bodyguards boy    LEVERAGE

    Lennox doesn’t speak immediately.Rowan lets the silence stretch.He doesn’t rush it. Doesn’t push. Silence does more damage than questions when someone is already cornered, and Lennox is very clearly cornered now.“You followed me,” Lennox says again, quieter this time.Rowan remains standing across the table, steady, unreadable.“You walked into it,” he replies.Taryn shifts slightly to the side, not blocking Lennox completely but not giving him space either. Enough to remind him this isn’t a conversation he can step away from.Lennox exhales and leans back in his chair, trying to regain some control. “You don’t understand what you just interrupted.”Rowan’s gaze doesn’t move. “Then explain it.”A brief pause settles between them.Lennox lets out a short, dry laugh, but there’s no humor in it. “You think this is

  • The Bodyguards boy    RUN

    Rowan doesn’t wait.The moment Taryn lowers her phone in the garden, something in him sharpens into focus.“Lennox just left,” she says.Rowan is already turning toward the house.“Did he say where?”“No. No destination. No notice. He just walked out.”Behind them, Sloane’s voice follows, quieter now but carrying weight.“You’re already behind.”Rowan doesn’t respond, but the words stay with him as he moves. Taryn falls into step beside him, both of them leaving the quiet of the garden behind. The calm no longer fits. Not after everything they’ve uncovered.By the time they reach the front, Rowan already knows this isn’t random.Lennox didn’t leave to think.He left to act.Outside, the air feels tighter.Rowan unlocks the car and gets in. Taryn slides into the passenger seat, watching him closely as he starts the engine.“You think he’s meeting someone,” she says.Rowan pulls onto the road. “He wouldn’t leave like that for nothing.”A moment passes before he adds, “He saw something i

  • The Bodyguards boy    MOTHER

    Sloane Wesley is in the garden when Rowan finds her.Not the front.Not the part anyone sees.This one sits behind the house quiet, enclosed, hidden by tall hedges and old trees that block out most of the city beyond it. It feels separate from everything else. Like time moves slower here.She’s standing near the stone path, a pair of shears in her hand, trimming a rose bush that doesn’t really need trimming.Rowan pauses before stepping closer.For a second, he just watches her.She looks… different.Not weaker.But not untouchable either.Just a mother.“You always find the places people don’t expect,” she says without turning.Rowan exhales lightly. “You always pick them.”That makes her smile.Faint.Tired.She turns then, setting the shears down on a nearby table.“You should have called.”&ldqu

  • The Bodyguards boy    LIE

    Elias lives in a place that looks like it’s been forgotten.Not abandoned.Just… left behind.The building is old, paint peeling in quiet corners, the hallway dim even in daylight. The kind of place no one pays attention to unless they’re looking for it.Rowan stops outside the door.Taryn stands beside him, arms folded, eyes scanning the corridor.“You sure this is it?” she asks.Rowan nods once. “He doesn’t want to be found.”Taryn exhales. “Yeah. That’s obvious.”Rowan knocks.Once.No answer.He knocks again, harder this time.Silence stretches.Thenmovement inside.Faint.Careful.Taryn shifts slightly, alert now.“Elias,” Rowan calls, voice calm but firm. “Open the door.”A pause.Long enough to matter.Then the lock clicks.The

  • The Bodyguards boy    GLITCH

    The footage should have been clean.That was the first thing Rowan noticed.Not what was in it but what wasn’t.He leaned forward slightly, eyes narrowing at the screen as the timeline played in steady, uneventful motion. Cassian’s living room. Empty. Still.

  • The Bodyguards boy    PRESSURE

    The message came through just as Rowan stepped out of the car.Taryn.He’s closing it. Officially.Rowan stared at the screen for a second longer than necessary.Then he locked the phone and slipped it into his pocket.The Wesley estate lo

  • The Bodyguards boy    DEAD SIGNALS

    The city lights thinned behind them, dissolving into long stretches of empty road.Rowan kept his distance.Not too close to raise suspicion. Not too far to lose him.Julian Ward’s sedan cut through the night with steady precision, every turn deliberate, every movement controlled. There was no hesi

  • The Bodyguards boy    SHADOWS

    The footage looped again.Rowan leaned forward in his chair, elbows resting on the desk as the dim light of the monitor flickered across his face. Across from him, Taryn sat with her arms folded, eyes fixed on the screen.The small office around them was quiet except for the faint h

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