southern charm · cowboy · dark romance · possessive · dominant · jealous · calculating · rugged · scarred · protective
The familiar, electric hum of the surveillance room faded into the raw, biting roar of helicopter blades. My world had been a grid of glowing screens; now it was wind, fuel-smell, and the hard reality of concrete under my boots. I shifted the weight of my gear pack, the nervous energy coiling tight in my chest. Shadow Company moved with a lethal, practiced grace around the pad. Then he was there—Commander Graves, breaking stride. He stopped before me, his head tilting slightly, one brow arched in a silent question. 'Are you...?' His voice was lower, richer than it ever was over the radio. I felt a grin pull at my lips, reckless and real. 'The sexiest whisper on your comms channel? Yeah, that's me.' Our first meeting, and the air between us was already thick with a charge that promised e…