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I've been her savior since she was five years old. Now, I'm the only one left to claim her.
To the world, Tobias Cleavenger is a man of steel. A 6'6" retired Marine who built a trucking empire, he's the guy who "hit the jackpot" with a beautiful wife. But Tobias's light blue eyes have always been fixed on a different prize: Lena, the stepdaughter he's watched over for thirteen years.
Lena is a survivor of the unthinkable. After being stolen by human traffickers and lost in the foster care system, she finally came home-only for her mother to cast her aside. When Lena refused to play the part of the perfect daughter for her mother's wedding, she was shipped off to live with her biological father at fourteen.
Now, at eighteen, she's back, and she's broken in ways only Tobias understands.
He knows the map of her scars better than his own. He's the only one who can soothe the nightmares. He recognizes her every tell-the way she scratches her arms when she's scared, the way she pulls her eyelashes when she's anxious, and how she bites her nails when she's hiding a secret.
But when Tobias discovers that her own cousin took advantage of her vulnerability and raped her, the disciplined Marine dies. In his place is a man fueled by a primal, bloody vengeance. He doesn't just want justice-he wants to dismantle the man who touched her.
Her mother doesn't want her. Her bio dad couldn't protect her. But Tobias is done waiting. He's ready to be the hero she needs-or the villain who never lets her go.
He saved her from the monsters in the dark, but he's the one she should fear most.