Zanie358
She arrives at Mbali Game Reserve expecting a fresh start.
Instead, she meets the one man determined to ruin it for her.
Ranger Leo Dlamini is everything she can't stand;
cold, arrogant, and painfully good at pointing out every mistake she makes.
From day one, he makes it clear:
She doesn't belong in the bush.
Not in his reserve.
Not anywhere near him.
But she's stubborn.
And she refuses to let some overconfident ranger with attitude chase her away.
Their arguments echo across the savannah;
sharp words beside the Land Cruiser, heated stares during patrols,
and silent battles no wildfire could match.
Yet the wild has a strange way of stripping people down to their truth.
During a nighttime patrol gone wrong,
when a poaching incident forces them to rely on each other,
the walls between them crack.
Just enough for her to see the man behind the anger;
the protector, the survivor, the one carrying a scar that runs deeper than the one on his arm.
And he sees her too;
the fire, the courage, the softness she tries to hide.
But in the bushveld, nothing stays simple.
The closer they get, the more dangerous it becomes.
For the reserve.
For him.
For her heart.
Because falling for the man she once hated
might be the wildest, most reckless thing she's ever done.