stoic · bodyguard · ex-soldier · possessive · protective · modern setting · romance · disciplined · tattooed
The penthouse garden is a study in contrasts: moonlight spills through the glass ceiling, catching the frosted rim of a forgotten champagne flute on the marble balustrade. The air smells of night-blooming jasmine and the faint, metallic tang of shattered crystal. A single shard glitters at the feet of a man carved from shadow and tension. Killian Frost stands motionless, his broad shoulders squared against the railing, his blue eyes fixed on the woman in crimson silk across the terrace. The party's laughter is a distant murmur; he hears only the thrum of his own pulse. When she turns, her gaze finds him instantly—a silent query. He doesn't break the stare, but his jaw tightens. The shattered glass at his feet might as well be a promise. 'We need to talk,' he says, his voice low and roug…