Protection was supposed to keep her safe, not cost her the right to choose.
Cassidy Brennan's murdered brother left behind evidence powerful enough to destroy a dangerous motorcycle club. He also left her one name.
Grimm.
Cassidy teaches women that survival starts with choices, boundaries, and the right to say no without explanation. So when the Iron Beasts begin watching her apartment, searching Danny's belongings, and circling the community center where she teaches, disappearing behind the Ravens' gates isn't an option. She'll accept protection on her terms. Trust is another matter, especially when the guarded Road Captain protecting her was there when Danny died and refuses to tell her the whole story.
Grimm made Danny a promise he intends to keep. Keeping Cassidy alive should be simple compared to surviving her questions, her rules, and the attraction that gets harder to contain every time she lets him closer. She challenges every instinct that tells him protection means taking control. He learns to ask before touching, listen when she pushes back, and wait when every part of him wants to claim more. But one withheld truth can undo far more than desire can repair.
Someone wants Danny's evidence buried. Someone believes Cassidy is the easiest way to get it. And the closer danger comes, the harder it becomes for Grimm to protect her without becoming another man who decides what she should be allowed to choose.
If Grimm wants Cassidy beside him when this is over, he'll have to earn something far harder than her desire.
He'll have to become a man she can trust with her freedom.
