I never planned to see Cole Reynolds again.
Not after the silence. Not after the heartbreak.
He was my first love... and my last devastation.
Now he's the only man who can keep us alive.
Seven years ago, he went to war and disappeared.
I built a life without him. Raised a son. Learned to survive.
But when danger found us, there was nowhere left to run.
Except into the arms of the man I swore I’d never need again
Now I’m standing on his doorstep with a boy who carries his eyes, and a secret I’ve kept for seven years.
He’s still all strength and shadows.
His body a map of battles fought and survived.
But beneath the scars, I see the guy who once whispered I was his home.
The man who still looks at me like I belong to him.
The father who doesn’t yet know he already has a family.
Now we’re trapped together in the wilderness, with danger closing in.
And every night, I wonder what will break first— the walls around my heart… or the secrets between us.