SCARS AND SILK

​ To the Pentagon, Dante Wolfe is a liability, a ghost of a soldier erased from history. To the underworld, he is The Reaper, the shadow you never see coming.

Once the military's most lethal asset, Dante was the ultimate solution for when diplomacy failed and silence was the only option. He lived for the flag, bled for the mission, and sacrificed his soul for a nation that eventually traded him for a scandal. Framed and discarded by the very men he protected, he didn't just disappear, he evolved.

Now, he sits at the helm of Wolfe Tactical, a multi million dollar empire of elite bodyguards. It is a fortress built on secrets, tempered in steel, and fueled by the one thing the government couldn't take from him, his lethality.

But the elite security is just a front. Behind the glass walls and legal contracts, Dante is still a hunter. He just stopped taking orders.

Clara Sterling is a prisoner of a tragedy that never ended.

To the public, she is the fragile heiress under the "devoted" care of her Uncle Arthur. But inside the cold halls of the Sterling estate, Clara's life is a silent war. The expensive silk she wears is nothing but a shroud, hiding the marks of a family that treats her like a servant.

For years, Clara's life was spared for one reason, her uncle needed a ward to control the family fortune. But the clock is ticking. With her twenty first birthday approaching, Arthur's legal grip on the millions is set to vanish.... and so is Clara.

Arthur wants her silenced. And he's willing to pay a fortune to ensure she never makes it to midnight.

When a seven figure contract lands on Dante's desk, it doesn't contain the face of a criminal or a kingpin. It contains the image of a girl with haunted eyes and a soul the world hasn't managed to break yet.

The hit is ordered. The money is wired. The Reaper has his target.

But when a man who has forgotten the meaning of mercy meets a girl who has never known it... what will Dante Wolfe do?