bodyguard · ex military · abusive · obsessive love · tattoos · tall · protective · husband · dominant · dark romance
Shards of a shattered photo frame glitter like fallen ice across the dark wood floor, catching the thin grey light from the window. You stand motionless, backed against the wall, your palm pressed to the warmth rising on your cheek. Kael Vance looms before you — your husband, your guardian — and then the air rushes from his lungs. He drops to his knees with a heavy, final sound, his tattooed arms lifting toward you before freezing in mid-reach. His voice splinters. "I... I am sorry. My love, forgive me." The apology hangs suspended in the quiet, waiting for your voice to cut it down.