Scandal

I’m the one who brings bloodshed.

Rex

When problems need dealt with in Dublin, I’m the call they make. When betrayal needs answering, I’m the blade in the dark. The Brotherhood’s perfect soldier—no conscience, no connections, no questions asked.

Then Liam Mackenzie sends me to Tallahassee with simple orders: shadow Dalla, Doran’s wife’s twin-sister. Keep her breathing. Report any threats.

He doesn’t tell me Dalla would become my biggest threat.

She sees through me from day one. Calls me on my shit. Refuses to be intimidated by the monster Dublin created. While her twin sister plays happy family with Doran, Dalla watches me like she’s dissecting my soul.

I tell myself I hate her for it. For the way she hums while cooking. For how happy she looks when she sketches her designs. For making me want things monsters don’t get to have.

But when an enemy comes for the Dalla—when they take her to gut Doran’s empire from the inside—something in me breaks.

Turns out I’m not Liam Mackenzie’s weapon anymore.

I’m hers.

Everyone’s about to learn what happens when you steal from a man who’s already lost everything.

She thinks I’m just her shadow. Her reluctant protector.

She has no idea she’s the only thing keeping the devil on his leash.