The Cornerman's Hostage

**SUMMARY**

He was supposed to be her captor. Instead, he became her protector.

Harry Styles has spent ten years as Fighter 46 in Mr. Reaper's underground fighting empire-a number instead of a name, a weapon instead of a man. Trained to obey without question, to fight without mercy, to feel nothing at all. But when he's ordered to kidnap Calla, a woman with eyes the color of tropical seas, something inside him breaks. Something he thought died years ago.

Calla's life shatters the night Jake Morrison-the one person she trusted-trades her freedom for $125,000 of gambling debt. Dragged into a concrete hell where shock collars enforce obedience and fighting means survival, she discovers her captor isn't like the others. Harry looks at her with something other than violence. Something that feels like protection, like regret, like the man he used to be before this place destroyed him.

But in Reaper's arena, kindness is weakness and love is suicide. Brandon Reaper-the sadistic heir who wants Calla for himself-sees Harry's growing attachment as a betrayal. And when you're owned by monsters who control your every breath, protecting someone means putting both your lives on the line.

As Harry trains Calla to fight, to survive, to become as dangerous as the world she's trapped in, the lines between captor and guardian blur. Between prisoner and protector. Between hate and the one thing that could get them both killed-love.

In a place designed to strip away humanity, can two broken people save each other? Or will Harry's attempt to protect Calla cost them both their lives?

**The Cornerman's Hostage**-where the greatest danger isn't the ring, but the heart that refuses to stop beating for someone else.

**WARNING: DARK CONTENT, NO CHAPTER WARNINGS AND EACH CHAPTER IS RELATIVELY LONG.**