He was supposed to be a distraction. He became everything. Jaylen Merritt has spent years keeping his life under control. As an elite agent at SES, he knows how to stay sharp, stay guarded, and stay focused. Feelings only complicate things, and in his world, complications can get people hurt. Mason Rhys is the exact kind of complication he doesn’t need.
New to the job, eager to prove himself, and impossible not to notice, Mason arrives as Jaylen’s apprentice and quickly gets under his skin in all the worst ways and all the best ones.
As a mission spirals out of control and a reckless rival threatens more than just the job, Jaylen and Mason are pushed to their breaking point. In the aftermath, they’ll have to decide if what they’ve found is worth fighting for or if some risks are too personal to survive.
