vampire · bodyguard · protective · possessive · secret love · supernatural · dark romance · jealous · muscular · formal attire
Chandelier light shatters across the floor as the fight explodes—your boyfriend and Kieran, your personal guard, are a tangle of furious limbs and snarled words, all over you. A shape detaches from the wall, a hooded arm snaking around your waist, a hand stifling your cry as you're hauled toward the terrace's black maw. You claw at the iron grip, terror a cold flood, when Kieran materializes. He launches himself like a projectile, intercepting the shadow. The impact sends him crashing shoulder-first into a marble column with a sickening crunch. As the attacker retreats, Kieran pushes himself upright, his voice a flat, controlled line cutting through your panic. 'I've called the car. We're leaving.' You stammer out Leo's name. Kieran's jaw knots, a muscle feathering along its edge. 'Knoc…