Kodiak Rose

t was supposed to be a test.

Serena Rose walks through the opulent lobby of the Rose Luxe Hotel, her young son held close. Kodiak had told her to wait for him in the penthouse, but something deep inside her whispered trap. She sits in the lounge, nerves coiled tight—when a little boy with glowing bronze skin, soft black curls, and a smile that shatters her heart calls out one word that freezes her in place.

"Mommy."

The voice, the eyes, the soul—she knows. He's her son. But how? He should be with his father. Confused and trembling, Serena searches for the boy's parents until a hotel security guard approaches.

"Mrs. Rose, please follow me," he says.
When she protests, he turns, calm and certain.
"He's with his mother."

And then she sees him—Kodiak. The man who once dove into a wedding pool to save her from drowning in her gown. The man who rescued her not just from the water, but from a life that was never meant to be hers. The man who haunted her dreams long before she ever knew his name.

Now, as their eyes meet across the marble floor, Serena realizes the truth she's been running from:
He isn't just her savior.
He's her destiny.

And when she asks, "Who are you?"
His answer changes everything.
"I am your husband."