Leah Montgomery (18) is the President’s daughter, which means her life is never entirely her own. Wherever she goes, she is accompanied by a security detail responsible for keeping her safe.
Her protection is divided into two teams.
The first consists of three personal security officers who take turns accompanying her throughout the day. Only one is assigned to her at any given time, ensuring that she always has someone close enough to intervene if necessary.
The second team is known as the Shadows.
They are always there, but she never sees them. She knows they exist, knows they follow her movements, and understands that they are watching everything around her. Their job is to remain invisible, monitoring potential threats and communicating with her visible security officers whenever an area has been cleared or a situation requires their attention.
The two teams operate independently. The Shadows never interact directly with her or the personal guards unless necessary. They are the unseen layer of protection, the people she is never supposed to notice.
Until one night changes everything.
After a painful breakup, with her boyfriend Edward Sterling (21), she finds herself heartbroken, angry, and desperate to forget. She drinks far more than she should, and when Sebastian Fields (25), the youngest member of her personal security detail, is assigned to watch over her, she makes a reckless decision.
She tries to seduce him.
He has been attracted to her for longer than he should admit. He knows her habits, recognizes her moods, and has spent countless hours pretending that she is simply another assignment. Her advances tempt him more than he wants to acknowledge.
But she is drunk, vulnerable, and his responsibility.
So he refuses.
Despite her insistence, he calls a colleague to replace him, determined to get himself out of a situation that could destroy his career and compromise her safety.
Except his replacement is delayed.
And the Shadows cannot leave her unprotected.
One of them has to step in.
The man who takes over is someone she has never met, someone whose face she has never seen and whose existence she has only ever imagined in the abstract. He is trained to remain invisible, to observe without being noticed, and to protect without becoming part of the story.
That night, however, he becomes part of hers.
She is drunk, heartbroken, and convinced that the stranger who has entered her room is simply another security officer. He knows exactly who she is.
And he says nothing.
By morning, she will remember fragments of the night, but she will have no idea who stayed with her.
He will return to the shadows.
And she will have no idea that the man she is searching for has been watching over her all along.
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