Alliance of Shadows, Book 5: LEIF
READING AGE 18+
I didn't need saving. I needed someone who wouldn't flinch when they saw the whole truth. Falling for Dreson was the easiest thing I’ve ever done. His laughter, his quiet steadiness—it felt like sunlight after too many years lost in the dark. He never pushed. Never pried. Just held space for me in a way no one ever had.
But safety doesn't silence ghosts. And mine don't knock before kicking the door in.
Now Dreson is asking questions. And I’m the only one who holds the answers that could shatter the fragile peace I’ve built.
I never thought I'd be loved by a man who chose me—trauma, scars, secrets and all. I never expected to find a family that saw me not as broken, but as theirs.
But now everything I’ve buried is clawing its way to the surface. And this time, I won’t run. Not from my past. Not from my pain. And not from the life that’s finally mine to claim.
Unfold
Days turned to weeks. Weeks into months. Months into years. Time powered on through everything as our “rainbow” family unit grew stronger with each turn.
It still irked me that I was so young and already a grandfather. I wasn’t even thirty when she was born, but that little girl wormed her way into my heart without ever moving a muscl……
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