Beneath The Guard

Tori 8 stories

Summary

Fiona thought she had life figured out. Dance. Drink. Repeat. Working at Midnights gives her freedom—a stage to shine on, a paycheck with no strings, and a life far away from the shadows of the past. She doesn’t ask questions about her family’s secrets or why her stepfather always seemed too perfect. That’s how she stays sane. That’s how she stays in control. But when her overprotective “uncle” forces her to move in with a guard she didn’t ask for, everything unravels. Matteo is cold, calculating, and infuriatingly silent. He watches her like a problem that needs solving. She pushes. He doesn’t budge. She flirts. He shuts her down. But when the walls between them finally crack, what spills out is a connection she never saw coming—and truths she isn’t ready to face. Like the real reason Matteo was assigned to protect her. Or the identity of the man she’s been calling “uncle” her entire life. She was raised in the dark. Now the truth is coming to light. And no one walks away unburned.