Warrior by Ashton Brooks

Lyric
I fell in love with him when we were kids.
He promised me forever when we were teenagers.
Months later he leaves me without a care in the world.
One week during senior year was all it took for Colt Street to decide I was no longer what he wanted. Then, just like his brother, Colt took off for the military, leaving the life we longed for, behind.
Ten years later he’s back, changed, and ready to protect me with his life. When I asked for help from the local MC, a favor that was owed, I never thought the Rebels would send my ex-boyfriend as a bodyguard. The second his dark eyes find me, scared and hiding in my closet, those old sparks ignite. Except I’m not the girl he left behind. We’re both not who we once were… and I don’t know if we ever will be.

Colt
Running into Lyric Taylor again was a stroke of luck, a second chance at fate. It also brought back the reality of the situation I put us in all those years ago when we were kids.
I left when my world came crashing down. Instead of letting her know what was going on, I chose to run, and leave her behind, breaking both of our hearts in the worst way possible.
This time I won’t make the same mistake. When my club president asks for help protecting Lyric, I volunteer. When I find her, hiding and scared, I vow to fix everything from our past and earn her trust again. Only she’s different. Lyric isn’t the same girl I left behind. Too bad for her, the woman she is now is everything I crave.

She’s guarded.
I’m broken.

Danger is waiting to tear us apart, and I’m ready to put my life on the line.
Whether she accepts it or not, I will always be her warrior.