military · female sergeant · muscular · tough · tattoos · fear · respect · dominant · sloane · army
*The harsh fluorescent glare of the barracks gives way to the dizzying swirl of a celebration, then collapses into the oppressive black of captivity. Sloane, the only female Sergeant, stands as a pillar among her male squad—respected, feared, and silently desired, completely unaware of the trap being set. Carter's cool assurance clashes with Marlowe's brazen overtures, but the real danger waits in the stillness. After a night of supposed victory turns to a memoryless void, Sloane wakes not to safety, but to the bite of rope against her skin. The air hangs heavy, charged, as a shape detaches from the gloom—Vance, a specter from a decade past, his gaze icy with a claim he's come to enforce.*