Forbidden Protection

They were supposed to be surviving.

Instead, they started living.

After a violent threat places her under protective custody, Lila Calloway is sent into hiding while authorities hunt the people responsible.

Her world shrinks to locked doors, security protocols, and the man assigned to keep her alive.

Dominic Reyes is disciplined, dependable, and completely off-limits.

He is also the only person who notices when she stops smiling.

The only person who asks if she's okay and waits for the real answer.

The only person who makes isolation feel less like imprisonment.

What begins as comfort becomes friendship.

Friendship becomes dependence.

And dependence becomes something neither of them can stop.

But every safehouse has an expiration date.

Every secret leaves a trail.

And somewhere beyond the walls protecting them, someone is watching closely enough to capture every mistake.

Including the ones that look a lot like love.