MASTERS OF THE GAME - COBRA

He's the only man she's ever walked away from — and now fate has the audacity to put him back in her path.

Simone Reeves doesn't do second chances, especially not with the infuriatingly magnetic operative known only as Cobra. Their last mission together ended in betrayal, broken trust, and a heated argument that left them both breathing hard for reasons that had nothing to do with anger. She told herself she was done. She meant it.

She was wrong.

When a dangerous new assignment forces them into close quarters, the rules are simple: complete the mission, keep each other alive, and don't cross the line they've been dancing around for years. Cobra has always been disciplined. Calculated. Untouchable.

But Simone makes him want to break every rule he's ever lived by.

He's still arrogant. She's still stubborn. The tension between them still ignites like a lit fuse — only now, the explosions are harder to walk away from. Every argument bleeds into something rawer. Every moment of forced proximity strips away the armor they've both spent years perfecting.

The game has new rules. The stakes are higher. And the most dangerous thing on this mission isn't the enemy closing in around them.

It's the undeniable truth that hating each other was always just love wearing the wrong disguise.

*Some opponents are worth surrendering to.*