Scorched King by E.M. Gayle

JD

Leading Wrath MC has always come first.

And I swore I’d protect everything—including her. For two years, I kept her close but never close enough.

She’s too young, too good, too off-limits. Then I failed her.

A traitor got too close, nearly killing her.

I should have seen it coming. Should have stopped it. Now, she won’t even look at me.

She says she’s done. That she’s leaving.

But I can’t let my guard down. Not now. Not ever. She thinks I’m pushing her away.

She doesn’t realize—I’m holding on the only way I know how. Because she’s mine.

Sasha

The MC took me in when I had nothing.

They gave me a home, a family, a purpose.

But loving them means loving him, too.

And that’s what hurts the most.

For too long, I’ve let him keep me at arm’s length.

Told myself it was enough.

Then the fire nearly took my life.

And suddenly, everything changed.

Now, I see him for who he is—

A man who never lets anyone in.

A man who won’t stop fighting for what’s his.

He wants to protect me.

But if he won’t trust me,

Then there’s nothing left for me to hold onto.