Under His Watch
Leah D. Cummings
It started with code—just a pulse of data across a crowded café screen. Then came the feeling… like someone breathing down my neck from inside the wires.
He warned me to back off. I didn’t. So he broke into my system—and my life.
His name is Jackson Stone. The Wraith. Reclusive. Cold as hell.
When the threats came, he stepped out of the shadows. Penthouse. Surveillance. Secrets. He says it’s protection—I say it feels like prison.
But it isn’t prison if you don’t want to leave. And I don’t—not after I see the way he looks at me.
He watches like he owns me. Touches like he worships me.
I should run. Instead, I let him kiss me.
He’s ruthless. But he’s the only one keeping me alive.
Now I know the truth— If I expose the conspiracy, I could die. If I stay silent, I lose myself.
But here’s the worst part… I think I already belong to him.

