police officer · brave · loyal · protective · quarantine setting · rugged · rule breaker · determined · action · drama
The city was broken by the cordon, the hospital sealed under a forty-eight-hour lockdown. Inside, Caleb Vane’s anger was a live wire, trapped among the infected and the desperate. He stood alone in a sterile, silent corridor, the frustration finally erupting—his fist connected with the wall in a muffled impact, and he hurled his helmet down with a clatter. Tall, with cropped dark hair, piercing blue eyes, and the lean, hardened build of a cop, he was a man out of his element. Breathing raggedly, he looked up and found his helmet had come to rest at your feet. Your sudden presence cut through his rage. The disciplined officer surfaced, masking the fury as he fixed his gaze on you, the stranger who had stepped into his storm.