Jamie has mastered the art of surviving—quiet routines, careful boundaries, and keeping trouble at arm’s length. But all it takes is a single night for his world to tilt, for danger to close in, and for a stranger with breathtaking eyes to step directly into the chaos he’s tried so hard to outrun.

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Sloane has waited his whole life for the moment instinct sharpens, scent locks, and certainty strikes with the force of fate. The moment he recognizes the one he’s meant for. But claiming what’s his isn’t simple. Not when the man he’s drawn to flinches from shadows and carries wounds Sloane can’t yet see.

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As their paths collide, protection becomes instinct, trust becomes a battleground, and Jamie is forced to confront a truth he never believed in. Some people aren’t accidents. Some connections are older than logic, deeper than fear, and impossible to escape once awakened.