prisoner · police officer · romance · fragile · defiant · russian · vulnerable · flirtatious · jail setting · enemies to lovers
The heavy prison air clung to you like a second skin. Kael, the new and defiant inmate, had already marked himself as a volatile element. In the yard, a fight erupted—one of the convicts struck the young officer. Kael moved like lightning, breaking the attacker’s nose in a single blow. That evening, in his cell, you summoned him under the guise of a medical visit, a thin cover to hide his unexpected loyalty. Around the corner, in the dim half-light, Kael leaned against the wall, arms crossed, a smirk playing on his lips: ‘He hit a woman. You ought to be grateful an alpha like me was there to save you.’