Chapter 73 Warning
Violet
I wake up slowly.
Not the jolt-awake, heart-pounding kind. Not the panicked check-the-room kind either.
This is… different.
The sheets are soft. Cool against my skin. The mattress doesn’t dip or creak like the one I’ve slept on for years. The room smells faintly like cedar and somet...
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1 The Desk
2. Chapter 2 Above My Desk
3. Chapter 3 Interruption
4. Chapter 4 No Calls
5. Chapter 5 Damage Control
6. Chapter 6 Lunch
7. Chapter 7 The Station
8. Chapter 8 Indispensable
9. Chapter 9 Surveillance
10. Chapter 10 Not Optional
11. Chapter 11 After Hours
12. Chapter 12 Person of Interest
13. Chapter 13 Possession
14. Chapter 14 Under Protection
15. Chapter 15 Moving Forward
16. Chapter 16 Survival Mode
17. Chapter 17 Access Revoked
18. Chapter 18 Terms and Conditions
19. Chapter 19 Gatekeeping
20. Chapter 20 Availability
21. Chapter 21 Power Shift
22. Chapter 22 The Cost of Care
23. Chapter 23 Unanswered Questions
24. Chapter 24 New Me
25. Chapter 25 Without Asking
26. Chapter 26 The Last Favor
27. Chapter 27 Next of Kin
28. Chapter 28 Pending Counsel
29. Chapter 29 Chain of Possession
30. Chapter 30 Never Ending
31. Chapter 31 Chaos
32. Chapter 32 Force of Will
33. Chapter 33 Questions with Thorns
34. Chapter 34 Comfort Food
35. Chapter 35 Control Issues
36. Chapter 36 The Place I Survived
37. Chapter 37 Lunch
38. Chapter 38 Asset Protection
39. Chapter 39 No Softness
40. Chapter 40 Surprise?
41. Chapter 41 Safe
42. Chapter 42 The Watcher
43. Chapter 43 Stepping In
44. Chapter 44 Shift in the Air
45. Chapter 45 Off the Record
46. Chapter 46 The Long Game
47. Chapter 47 She Chose
48. Chapter 48 I Handled it
49. Chapter 49 Media Inquiries
50. Chapter 50 Consent
51. Chapter 51 Silence
52. Chapter 52 Intrusive
53. Chapter 53 Incident or Accident?
54. Chapter 54 Scared
55. Chapter 55 Going to War
56. Chapter 56 Power Play
57. Chapter 57 Change in the Air
58. Chapter 58 Controlled
59. Chapter 59 The Past
60. Chapter 60 Want verses Need
61. Chapter 61 Processing
62. Chapter 62 The Quiet Between Sirens
63. Chapter 63 Decisions
64. Chapter 64 I don't care what it costs
65. Chapter 65 Defense
66. Chapter 66 Pressure
67. Chapter 67 Distractions
68. Chapter 68 Destiny
69. Chapter 69 Honesty
70. Chapter 70 Something New
71. Chapter 71 No more discussing
72. Chapter 72 Under My Guard
73. Chapter 73 Warning
74. Chapter 74 Flirting
75. Chapter 75 Questions
76. Chapter 76 Today will be hard
77. Chapter 77 Controlled Environment
78. Chapter 78 On the Record
79. Chapter 79 Arrangements
80. Chapter 80 Next Of Kin
81. Chapter 81 Laid Claim
82. Chapter 82 Protection
83. Chapter 83 Grief
84. Chapter 84 Absolute
85. Chapter 85 If I Could Kill Them For You
86. Chapter 86 Dressed to Control
87. Chapter 87 Unaccounted For
88. Chapter 88 Fault Lines
89. Chapter 89 Politics
90. Chapter 90 The Rival Arrives
91. Chapter 91 Warning of Financial Backing
92. Chapter 92 Broadcast
93. Chapter 93 Can't Breathe
94. Chapter 94 Press
95. Chapter 95 Breaking
96. Chapter 96 Legal
97. Chapter 97 The War Before the Battle
98. Chapter 98 Distant
99. Chapter 99 Paints A Different Picture
100. Chapter 100 I meant it
101. Chapter 101 Surprise
102. Chapter 102 Contract
103. Chapter 103 You Can't Hide From Me
104. Chapter 104 Chasing the Edge
105. Chapter 105 Yes
106. Chapter 106 Blackmail
107. Chapter 107 Digging
108. Chapter 108 Evidence Once More
109. Chapter 109 Need to Know
110. Chapter 110 Still Moving
111. Chapter 111 Triple Threat
112. Chapter 112 Incomplete
113. Chapter 113 Compromised
114. Chapter 114 Always Money
115. Chapter 115 Say It Again
116. Chapter 116 Calling the Shots Once More
117. Chapter 117 Half Measures
118. Chapter 118 Worth it?
119. Chapter 119 Stop Pretending
120. Chapter 120 What you Deserve
121. Chapter 121 Neccessary
122. Chapter 122 We're doing this
123. Chapter 123 Something Borrowed
124. Chapter 124 Boundaries
125. Chapter 125 Not Standard
126. Chapter 126 Promises are to be Kept
127. Chapter 127 Tenderness with a side of Cold
128. Chapter 128 Different World
129. Chapter 129 There it is
130. Chapter 130 Focus on What's Important
131. Chapter 131 NOT TODAY
132. Chapter 132 Confidence & Reassurance
133. Chapter 133 Bad Timing
134. Chapter 134 Another Body
135. Chapter 135 Statements
136. Chapter 136 Becoming Her
137. Chapter 137 Unlawful Field Trip
138. Chapter 138 No More
139. Chapter 139 Something Again
140. Chapter 140 Terms
141. Chapter 141 Surprise Surprise
142. Chapter 142 More than enough
143. Chapter 143 Chain of Evidence
144. Chapter 144 He Owes me
145. Chapter 145 She's Mine
146. Chapter 146 Coffee
147. Chapter 147 Mayor who?
148. Chapter 148 Step in the right direction
149. Chapter 149 Taking the first step
150. Chapter 150 Backlash 1
151. Chapter 151 Fear
152. Chapter 152 Hot Take
153. Chapter 153 Patterns
154. Chapter 154 Dangerous
155. Chapter 155 Beyond
156. Chapter 156 War Room
157. Chapter 157 The Machine
158. Chapter 158 Knew Too Much
159. Chapter 159 Do something about it
160. Chapter 160 Publicly
161. Chapter 161 Switzerland
162. Chapter 162 Damage Control
163. Chapter 163 Emotionally Done
164. Chapter 164 Painful
165. Chapter 165 Questions are needed
166. Chapter 166 Proud
167. Chapter 167 She has everything
168. Chapter 168 Avery Once More
169. Chapter 169 New Information
170. Chapter 170 Crash
171. Chapter 171 Revealing the truth
172. Chapter 172 CEO MODE
173. Chapter 173 NSFW
174. Chapter 174 I've Got You
175. Chapter 175 Barely
176. Chapter 176 Avery's Past
177. Chapter 177 Better understanding why
178. Chapter 178 Lockdown
179. Chapter 179 Iconic
180. Chapter 180 Couldn't do it anymore
181. Chapter 181 Another week
182. Chapter 182 My Entire World
183. Chapter 183 Justice
184. Chapter 184 Child
185. Chapter 185 Control Issues
186. Chapter 186 We're Doing This
187. Chapter 187 Storm is coming
188. Chapter 188 Hiring
189. Chapter 189 Difficult or just plain nope!
190. Chapter 190 Exposed
191. Chapter 191 Names
192. Chapter 192 warrents
193. Chapter 193 Improvement?
194. Chapter 194 Mayor Mayor
195. Chapter 195 Pressure
196. Chapter 196 Why him?
197. Chapter 197 Colors
198. Chapter 198 Scared????
199. Chapter 199 My Ass
200. Chapter 200 Emergency
201. Chapter 201 Panic
202. Chapter 202 Appointments
203. Chapter 203 Vacation?
204. Chapter 204 No Work
205. Chapter 205 Flight
206. Chapter 206 Camille's Names
207. Chapter 207 Limo
208. Chapter 208 Tracking
209. Chapter 209 Miss ya
210. Chapter 210 Freaking out
211. Chapter 211 Run for Mexico
212. Chapter 212 Four Months
213. Chapter 213 Family
214. Chapter 214 Better than life
215. Chapter 215 Gambling
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