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He was searching for answers. He found a man meant to kill him.
Disillusioned former investigative journalist Julian Mercer thought he’d buried his past deep within the dusty silence of the City Archives. But when he stumbles upon a hidden micro-drive containing evidence of a massive high-level political conspiracy, his quiet life shatters in an instant. Overnight, he becomes the target of a ruthless shadow syndicate—and the primary suspect in a high-profile murder.
Gabe Vance is a disavowed security specialist—a human weapon built for survival, silence, and execution. Hired by a shadow broker to retrieve the drive and eliminate all witnesses, Gabe’s contract is simple until he looks through his sniper scope and sees the fierce, unyielding resolve in Julian’s eyes. In a split-second decision that brands him a traitor, Gabe fires to save Julian’s life instead of ending it.
Forced into a perilous alliance, Julian and Gabe flee into the night, hunted by mercenaries and shadowed by betrayal at every turn. Between covert safehouses, explosive confrontations, and intense arguments over trust and control, the fierce physical friction between them ignites into a searing, undeniable passion. Julian sees the broken humanity Gabe hides behind his cold soldier persona; Gabe discovers a partner worth laying down his life to protect.
When the syndicate closes in, threatening everything they hold dear, Gabe is forced to make the ultimate sacrifice—stepping into the crossfire to shield Julian from a fatal bullet. Surviving on love, vengeance, and a desperate race against time, Julian must step out of the shadows to save the man who saved him.
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