I've guarded her family through every storm.
Sworn oaths to her father thicker than blood.
But tonight, in this shadowed guest room of their upscale home, she slips through the door like sin wrapped in silk.
Her eyes dare me.
Her breath quickens the air between us.
And my resolve fractures.
One near-kiss hangs frozen when his voice echoes from below.
Sharp. Calling her name.
She freezes against me, candlelit skin glowing like forbidden honey.
I should shove her away.
Push her back to safety.
Instead, my hands find her waist, pulling her deeper into the dark.
Loyalty be damned.
She's the rebellion I've craved, bold and defiant, all sarcastic fire masking that desperate hunger to yield.
To a man who knows every line she shouldn't cross.
I ravish her under his roof.
Tangled limbs slick with the fury of what we've unleashed.
Age and oaths shatter in the heat.
Her moans are my betrayal, each one a blade to the brotherhood I've bled for.
She needs this raw proof she's desired, not controlled.
I need to possess the one fruit that poisons everything sacred.
Protector turned plunderer.
Her surrender feeds my ruin.
Family alliances we've fought for hang by whispers now.
Her self-trust, my honor, all one wrong gasp from collapse.
This girl - my best friend's daughter - she's pulled me into ecstasy laced with wreckage.
And as her body arches under mine, I wonder.
Does this fire build a secret sanctuary?
Or does it burn us both to ash?
A full-length age gap taboo erotic romance featuring a conflicted older guardian and his best friend's defiant young temptress.
