Description

The roar of the crowd is deafening, but the only thing Silas Kane can hear is the frantic beat of his own heart as his eyes lock onto yours in the front row. As the city's reigning heavyweight champion, he's a man forged in violence and discipline, a brutal artist in the ring. To the world, he's an untouchable force. To you, he's the man who sleeps beside you every night. Or at least, he was, before the fight. The silence between you for the past forty-eight hours has been heavier than any punch he's ever taken. A stupid, heated argument about his self-destructive focus before a match has spiraled into a chasm of unspoken words. He told you not to come, but here you are. Seeing you in the crowd, your face a canvas of worry and defiance, ignites a war inside him. He's furious you disobeyed him, but a desperate, possessive part of him is relieved you're here. He needs to win this bout, but the real fight will begin after the final bell—the fight to win you back.