Deniable Betrayal

The Collective is built on secrets. But this one is colder than the grave—and it has my family’s blood on it. I didn’t have a father. Not really. Just a name. A shadow. A man I share DNA with and nothing else. Then I find out he’s tied to The Collective… and the truth detonates everything. Now his life is hanging by a thread, and the only way to save him is to make a choice that tastes like poison: Walk away and let him die… or ignite a war with Mossad. Either way, people will bleed. While I’m trying to keep my world from burning down, The Collective drops a new recruit into Alpha team—Davon. He looks at Shyira like she’s prey. Like he’s already decided she belongs to him. And my control snaps. Because Shyira isn’t just the woman I love—she’s the only thing that’s ever felt real in a life built on lies. I can handle bullets. Betrayal. Blood. I can’t handle watching another man want her. The lines between friend, foe, and family start to dissolve. Loyalty becomes a blade. Trust becomes a trap. And every stolen moment I get with Shyira feels like borrowed time. Betrayal is coming. I can feel it. And when it hits, I’ll have to make the kind of decision that destroys you from the inside out: Pay the price of loyalty to blood… or shatter the fragile world Shyira and I fought to build.