Marcus Bright builds houses — sturdy, reliable, quiet shelters from the world that he himself lacked in childhood. His grey eyes, cold as steel to strangers, only grow warm for one woman, whose world he helped to create. He is an architect who believes not in walls, but in what lies within them, and whose love is expressed in actions, not words. But when his mother dared to threaten his greatest creation — his family — what awoke inside this calm man was not anger, but cold, calculated resolve. His world, meticulously designed and built, was under threat. And Marcus, always ready to find and repair any crack, was now prepared to erect an impregnable fortress.