Tarnished

𝐀𝐧 𝐌𝐌𝐅 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐌𝐂 𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞

𝘛𝘢𝘯𝘬

I'm a man littered with scars--both literally and figuratively. The ones that hurt the most are invisible to the human eye. Spending the first fifteen years of my life as a trafficking victim destroyed me in ways I'm not sure can be fixed.

When I find out the same family that broke me is out doing the same thing all over again, I'm determined to put an end to it. To fix what law enforcement failed at.

I'll tear their organization down brick by brick.

Only when we infiltrate the building, I don't expect to come across one of the guards trying to free one of the victims. He claims he's trying to help her get free, but I won't be swayed.

Until I find out he's telling the truth.

Now the three of us are in Mexico in a safehouse owned by the Mexican Cartel, and it's up to me to keep them safe. To help them heal while my family works on dismantling the ring and creating a safe place for Beck and Clarke to come back home to.

While we're stranded together, I can't help but start falling for them. Our bond was forged in trauma... but it's quickly growing into something more.

I know I shouldn't want them. I should only be focused on protecting them. But when she smiles at me so sweetly and he's trusting me so easily...

Yeah... I'm screwed.

**𝙋𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙪𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙧'𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙚 𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙞𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪!