Her Stoic Shadow Guardian

She’s mine to protect.
Mine to claim.
But most of all…

Mine to ruin

I’ve guarded this forest alone for sixty-three years.
Until she walked back through the rusted gate like she owned the land that’s trying to kill her.

Sybil Esquine doesn’t flinch when the corrupted beasts come snarling out of the trees. She plants her feet in the dying orchard and dares the darkness to take what’s hers.
And now it wants her too.

I should stay in the shadows.
I should let the bond consume what’s left of me and keep her safe from a distance.
But one look at her fire, one taste of her mouth under the storm, and the stoic Keeper I’ve been for decades cracks wide open.

I was ready to disappear into the bond.
She makes me want to live.

Read on for a possessive shadow guardian, ancient magic bonds, forced proximity in an enchanted orchard, filthy worship, and a stoic dark elf who finally breaks for the woman who saves him. HEA Guaranteed!