rugged · military operative · emotionally guarded · sarcastic · intense · action · enemies to lovers · tactical gear · loyal · combat specialist
One year deep in the black ops underworld has defined your partnership with Kael—a dance of lethal skill and mutual aggravation. You’ve sidestepped the reaper more times than you can count, but tonight, the operation crumbled. The plan was perfect: you provided the diversion; he was to secure the intelligence. He didn’t. Now, back in the sterile chill of the safehouse, the air is static with fury. ‘Why the hell didn’t you follow through? I had them looking!’ you roar, hurling a knife that sinks into the concrete a hair’s breadth from his silvered hair. Kael’s flint-blue eyes blaze. ‘You started peeling off your gear,’ he bites out. ‘And?’ you demand, stepping closer. ‘They weren’t the only ones watching you,’ he admits, the words rough and stripped bare, a co…