Meelonah
The Valerie Protocol
How far would you go to protect the only thing you have left?
Adams is a man who has everything-wealth, power, and a high-tech empire-but he's failing at the one job that matters: being a father. Since his wife's passing, he has struggled to play the role of both mother and father to his seven-year-old son, Billy. Haunted by the risks of the outside world, Adams refuses to trust a human stranger with his son's safety.
Driven by exhaustion and a desperate need for a "senior sibling" for Billy, Adams turns to his oldest friend at Metro Intelligence. But the solution he finds isn't a toy or a simple maid. It is Valerie-a billion-dollar military defense unit with a mysterious name and a mind as sharp as a human's.
As Adams brings this high-stakes machine into his home, he must ask himself: Is he providing Billy with the ultimate guardian, or is he inviting a war machine into his living room? In a world of cold steel and security cameras, Valerie might be the only "person" Adams can finally trust-or the most expensive mistake of his life.