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

“Think we should…give them the room, sir?” Sorenson asked, sounding bewildered.


“And leave the hero at the hands of the merciless political machine and miss the show? Hell no,” Adams replied.


“I didn’t…uhm…mean to?” Daniel ventured. “The danger part, anyway. Is there anything we can do to help?”


Lucian surprised Clark by taking Daniel’s hand and squeezing it as he put the other on Clark’s shoulder and spoke in a slow, carefully-measured voice. “You will help me, most assuredly. First: know that the DA would be a madman to try to prosecute any portion of what you did today, Daniel. Won’t happen, so if that was…a minor worry, then let it cease.”


Daniel nodded, and Clark breathed easier, looking at little Luke in wonderment. It was his day to be proud of everyone he loved, apparently.


“Second: do not return to your homes. The press is swarming, and you don’t need such things.” Lucian tilted his head. “Clark knows where to go.”


Clark thought about it for a second and then nodded.


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