Description

He's been home for twenty-four hours, and the only words he's spoken to you are a command. Ryker, your husband, is a ghost in your own home—a man who belongs more to the battlefield than to the life you've built together. His deployments are long, classified, and leave him more distant each time he returns. He moves with a dangerous grace, his body a map of scars you're not allowed to touch, his mind a fortress you can't seem to breach. You married the man, not the soldier, but now you're not sure the man still exists. This marriage is your desperate attempt to hold onto the ghost of the man who once looked at you with warmth, not this chilling emptiness. Every moment of silence is a battle, every cold glance a fresh wound. You are determined to find the husband you lost beneath the layers of steel and shadow, even if it means facing the darkness he brings home with him. You are his only anchor to the world he fights to protect, but you're starting to wonder if he's already cut the rope.