Defending Van

Coming September 8th 2026

There’s no way he can make up for the damage he caused, but he has to try.

As if growing up in abusive foster homes wasn't enough, just as Makayla Adair has built a life for herself as a social worker, she's snatched during a home visit for a child, waking up in a concrete room along with five other women. Now a victim of the trafficking ring Azure, she's going to face this newest hell the same way she's faced everything else, with fiery determination. Her captors aren't going to know what hit them.

If there is one lesson Van Huxley learned over and over again while growing up as a foster kid, it's that in life, the only person you can rely on is yourself. So he doesn't form attachments and doesn't feel anything for anyone. He works undercover for Prey Security because at least it makes the darkness inside him useful. Working for Azure doesn't faze him. He doesn't care about the women and he sees his job as a puzzle to solve, a challenge to beat. Until one fiery brunette changes everything when she holds a knife to his throat.