Teaching the Mountain Man (Whispered Echoes)

I swore I was done fighting battles that weren’t mine. But then I found her.

Gemma Van Buren—too sweet for a world this cruel, too stubborn to ask for help. She doesn’t want a protector, but she damn well has one now. Because someone’s been watching her. Following her. And that doesn’t sit right with me.

She tries to keep her distance. But I see the way she looks at me—like she wants to trust me but doesn’t know how.

That’s fine. I’ve got time.

But when her past finally catches up, when the danger she’s been running from lands on my doorstep, there’s only one option: I end this.

Because Gemma? She’s mine.

And I protect what’s mine.