We fight together. Always. She is the preordained future leader of Blades and he, a lowly operator assigned the position of her Protector. Alexandra Kingston can never be his. But Flyn Severins will do anything to protect her even be branded a traitor for refusing to give up the dark secrets in his mind. Truths that threaten to destroy Alex's family.When Alex is attacked by a new biologic weapon, she doesn't suspect her Protector and childhood friend of compromising her location. But when he high tails it out of town with more money in his bank account than an operative makes in a lifetime, she has more questions than answers. Given orders to get Flyn's source of information or else, Alex believes only the truth will save her Protector's life. But if the truth can't set him free, she'll put her life on the line to be his protector.