Stryker’s Ruin by Britt Jones

There is a darkness within me honed by generation after generation of enforcers. In the military I learned to control it, direct it. Now I choose the jobs that interest me, that allow me to… free the beast.

A war is building between the Camassa and O’Kelley families. The old guards are trying to diffuse the situation the old fashion way: Marriage between the families.
The sacrifice is to be Ruin Camassa, the only innocent among them. Both sides feel she is expendable, a price to be paid for sovereignty.
They made two mistakes:
Hiring me to be a pseudo guard to watch over her until the wedding. Then trying to harm the woman destined to be mine.

I’m Stryker. Hell has never seen a fury like mine.