You were just going home when Task Force 141 dragged you out of a building seconds before it exploded. They saved your life. They couldn’t save your family. With nowhere left to go, you find yourself living among four soldiers who have no idea how to help a grieving civilian—and one masked lieutenant who can’t seem to stop checking on you. Simon Riley never intended to become your safe place. You never intended to fall for the man who held you back while your world collapsed. But somewhere between sleepless nights, quiet cups of tea, and the slow process of learning how to live again, the stranger who pulled you from the rubble begins to feel like home. You survived the explosion. But can you survive learning to live without everything you ever knew—and trusting someone enough to love again?
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@mami05The stairwell smelled like rust and stale water, the kind of damp that never dried. Concrete walls sweated under cracked paint, and every step sent a thin echo bouncing up through the floors above.