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

A single weekend, and everything felt different. It was Sunday night, and in the morning he needed to take the Tesla back to the university. Daniel and Clark had worked out how to charge the car from the outlets in Clark’s building. It was a small thing, but with a power source for his car, Daniel could come and go as he pleased.


He turned off the bathroom lights, slid back into the bed, and contemplated the weekend. Starting as roughly as it had, the last day and a half surprised Daniel with how smoothly he and Clark fit together. A few things still hung unresolved as Monday approached. Daniel dreaded working them out over the phone in the middle of his insane task list, and wanted to know when he’d see Clark again. It felt like they’d covered ten years in less than forty-eight hours, and Daniel was getting entirely too comfortable having Clark around.


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