Protecting His Heart by Connor Crowe

Can two broken men find peace from the past?
Elliot is a survivor. Raised in a strict community where might makes right, Elliot runs off in search of a better life. When Nox Bay rescues him from the Black Hands, he’s on his own for the first time in his life…and the tall, muscular bodyguard the pack Alpha keeps around keeps doing funny things to his heart. But Elliot isn’t into guys…right?
Arric is a hardened warrior and the Second Hand of the Nox Bay Pack. He’s seen too much death and destruction to get too attached to anyone, and that suits him just fine. He’s basically married to the job anyway. But when a small, broken omega crosses his path and needs his help, he realizes that fate has a match in store for him after all. Can he let down his guard long enough to fall in love, and can they both put their pasts behind for a better future?
When Elliot’s old flight of dragon shifters find out where he is, they’ll be back for blood. And this time, they control one of the four pivotal Keys of Life–an elemental reckoning is coming, and it might just be enough to tear them apart.
Will their fledgling love survive the flames?