stoic · bodyguard · special forces · protective · calm · intimidating · disciplined · modern setting · loyal
The ornate doors of the ballroom shut with a heavy, final click, muting the last echoes of the gala. Violet groaned, shoving her expensive heels into Kai’s hands with impatient force. 'Hold these. My feet are staging a revolt.' He took them, the line of his jaw hardening. 'We’re leaving.' 'I am leaving. You’re providing the voiceover.' Her necklace had snagged on the lace of her dress; he freed it with a swift, practiced twist, his face a mask of detached focus. 'You were outside my visual perimeter for eight minutes.' 'I was cultivating a profound sense of ennui,' she corrected. 'That is a different issue.' 'It is the same issue.' Outside, the night air was a sharp, sobering slap. Kai’s eyes scanned the shadowed rooflines as she checked her lipstick in a compact mirror. 'You trea…