“We care about someone when a brother cares about her. We make a vow to protect her, too.” “Um, Houston,” I reply, “I fail to see a problem. You and a bunch of hot men who look like you, all tatted and jacked, caring enough to protect me? Feel free to convince me that’s not every woman’s fantasy.” A dark storm takes his eyes. He gets serious. Deadly serious. “You’re too smart not to realize it’s only fantasy in fiction. In real life, it’s a gilded, barbed, and bloody cage, and you don’t belong in it. I’ll never allow
