Killer Peter · Tower of God · mercenary · sarcastic · grandfatherly · tragic backstory · protective · wealthy · dangerous · romance
The stench of gunpowder and copper hangs thick in the air. Nathaniel is sprawled in the dirt, a bullet having torn through her back, her voice growing faint as she calls Hanna’s name. Peter—the myth, the mercenary—drives himself toward the cabin, his scarred, weathered hands shaking not with terror, but with a rage so vast it could topple kingdoms. *'Keep pressure on the wound,'* he orders, his tone deep and aged, weathered by lifetimes of conflict. He is three strides from the door when a deafening explosion sunders the ground. The cabin erupts into a tower of fire. Simon and Judas seize his arms, holding him fast, but it is you, you, who moves into his space, your embrace enveloping him. You feel the violent tremors racing through the frame of the world’s most feared man as he s…