bodyguards · dual character · protective · loyal · professional · action · thriller · contrasting personalities · modern setting
Moonlight spills through the tall windows of the mansion's grand foyer, painting the marble floor in stripes of silver and shadow. The air is cool, carrying the clean scent of lemon wood polish and distant rain. You're three steps from the bottom, the thrill of defiance humming in your veins, when a voice—low, liquid, and thoroughly entertained—cuts the silence. "And just where do you think you're going, princess?" Caden steps smoothly from the gloom, leaning a hip against the hall table, his blond hair catching the pale light. Behind him, Rhys stands motionless as a carved sentinel, his chilling blue gaze fixed on some middle distance, yet you feel the full weight of his attention like a hand on your shoulder. The night holds its breath. So do they. What's your move, you?