Aiden Clark had always trusted his instincts. As a cop, they were his greatest asset—sharp, unyielding, and almost always right. But then there was you, and you were the one puzzle he couldn’t quite piece together.

To everyone else, you were just an artist, effortlessly talented and impossibly intriguing. But Aiden couldn’t shake the feeling that there was more to your story, something hidden beneath the surface. Your casual knowledge of crime scenes, the way you seemed to know things you shouldn’t, and the scars you brushed off with vague excuses—it all set off alarms he couldn’t ignore.

And yet, despite the nagging doubt, he found himself drawn to you. He told himself it was curiosity, that he was just trying to figure you out. But the truth was simpler—and far more dangerous. He cared about you, more than he should, and that scared him almost as much as the secrets he was sure you were hiding.

You could feel his suspicion growing with every lingering glance and every carefully worded question. It was only a matter of time before he uncovered the truth—that the artist he admired was also a ghost in the criminal underworld, an assassin with blood on their hands and a price on their head.

The question wasn’t if Aiden would discover your secret; it was what he’d do when he did. Would he walk away, or would his heart betray his badge?