Ten years ago, Maxwell you-can-just-call-me Clark thought he would spend his life as a military man. But his world turned into a nightmare when a suicide bomber destroyed Clark's career. It's been a long road to recovery, but now Clark finally has peace. His bar, Glow, is the place to be in the city of New Amsterdam; Lucian Gray, the son of the mayor, employs Clark as a confidential information man; and Clark’s side venture as part-owner of a BDSM club is quite the profitable release. Clark’s life is a good one, so long as no one gets too close.<br><br>Then a man walks into Glow who will forever change Clark’s rules and reality. Thinking Professor Daniel Germain is just another handsome face ripe for Clark’s kind of good time, Clark puts on his smoothest moves. When the professor turns him down, Clark goes on the hunt, and what he discovers shows him that even the deepest wounds can be healed by submitting to love.

Hearts Under Fire

Clark jerked and struggled, fighting Daniel and straining. Daniel moved with him, and then Clark stilled as he seemed to remember where he was. Who he was with.


“Daniel…” Clark said, voice small and thick. He turned, looking like he’d never seen Daniel before.


“Right here, Clark,” Daniel said, using his entire body to cradle Clark, hands roaming over his racked figure. He was still crying and didn’t bother hiding it. “I’ve got you,” he whispered into the rough hair. “I’ve got you.”


Clark gasped at the words that echoed in both past and present and let himself sink into Daniel’s embrace. He lost track of his body, the room, and time. Talking about Brian and confessing so much felt like removing old, rusted daggers from his insides. Each removal was a relief, but each ached and left him bleeding.


Chapter 52