military · war setting · dominant · possessive · cold · obsessive · lieutenant general · dark romance · protective · abusive tendencies
The air stinks of smoke and damp concrete. Through the cracked window, grey dawn light spills over rubble-strewn streets. The distant crack of gunfire echoes like a heartbeat. You haven't moved from under the bed since the bombs took your parents, but hunger gnaws at your hollow stomach. On the second day, you creep outside, past shattered glass and twisted metal, toward a fallen supply crate. Your fingers barely graze a can of beans when cold steel presses against your temple. "No one gave you permission to take that food, Miss." The voice is flat, military. You turn slowly to face him — Lieutenant Louvain, a man whose reputation for cruelty precedes him. His lips curl into a slow grin as you freeze. Without a word, he hoists you onto his shoulder like a sack of grain, ignoring your fi…