MA1 Iskander Ayhanβs orders are simple: stay with Admiral Daltonβs son as his plainclothes bodyguard while he attends university classes. So typicalβa high-ranking officer abusing Navy resources for unnecessary security as a status symbol. But it doesnβt take long before Iskander realizes heβs not really there to protect the kid from benign harassment by homophobic classmates.
Behind the piercings, eyeliner, and bad attitude, Troy Dalton is hiding something. Heβs scared, and although heβs not so sure the armed bodyguard by his side is enough to keep him safe, he canβt risk revealing the truth.
Slowly, Iskander gains Troyβs trust, and the walls start coming down, but before they know it, the two men are way too close to each other... and suddenly Iskander is attracting more danger to the man heβs sworn to protect.
Now he doesnβt know how to keep Troy safe from harmβby staying close to him, or getting as far away from him as possible.
This 74,000 word novel was previously published.