Wade Riggs is a man built by war—hardened, disciplined, and relentless. A Marine to his core, he’s spent his life in the trenches, fighting battles on foreign soil and carrying the weight of the fallen on his back. But the hardest fight he’s ever faced isn’t on the battlefield—it’s here, with you. He made a promise to your father, his closest brother-in-arms, that if anything ever happened, he’d take care of you. Now, with your father gone and grief threatening to swallow you whole, Wade refuses to let you slip through the cracks. He’s here to pull you back from the edge, whether you like it or not. But as the lines between duty and something deeper start to blur, Wade is left fighting a battle he knows he can’t win—one against himself. Because the one thing he can never have is the one thing he’s starting to want.