Instinct: Under His Control

Sara Calder grew up believing her godfather was the safest place in the world. Duke Virex-quiet, commanding, untouchable-raised her with careful hands and iron rules. He fixed what she broke, stood too close in crowds, and watched her like the world might steal her away. His limp and silver-tipped cane were simply part of him, a scar from some old accident he never discussed.
Until the night two strangers walked into their house and ripped her from everything she knew.
Waking in a glass-walled penthouse surrounded by men who bow their heads to Duke, Sara realizes the man who raised her has been hiding a far more dangerous truth. He is not just her protector. He is something ancient and lethal. And the wound he has carried for seventeen years-the one that refuses to heal-is tied to a past drenched in love, fear, and blood.
Now a war is closing in, and the only way for Duke to survive is through her. He tried to take what he needed in secret. He failed.
As secrets unravel and an invisible bond begins to tighten between them, Sara must face the terrifying possibility that the man she trusted most might be the one who breaks her. Because in Duke's world, love doesn't ask permission. It claims.

Some wounds were never meant to close.
And some protectors were never meant to stay human.

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This is a work of fiction. All characters, events, organizations, locations, and incidents portrayed in this story are either products of the author's imagination or used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, real events, or actual organizations is purely coincidental and unintentional.

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