Major Ensele would do anything for Diego, his friend, crest leader, and savior… Even deal with his lover’s digs and insults that hurt their longstanding relationship. Protecting and serving his crest is what gets him out of bed in the morning as they are his family, which means everything to him as an orphan ward to the kelpie royal court. Brysen Thorwald fell for Major years ago, the sexy kelpie always in front of him and never within reach. A blown-up misinterpretation makes ever being with him a pipe dream. But with the never-ending stress of secretly combining crests and opening companies right under everyone’s noses, sometimes that dream is all that keeps Brysen going. But when they finally take the chance to move forward, to do what’s best for the crest and maybe each other, the day Major has dreaded for years looms over them. Will Brysen risk everything they’ve been building to rescue Major from the horrors of fairy court or does he have to stand by and watch the man he loves be abused?