Braxton Thorin had seen Daria fight, command, threaten, and survive with terrifying precision. But by the river, stripped of weapons, blood, and battlefield armor, she became something even more dangerous: a woman confident enough to dare him to look away.
When she hooked her thumbs into the waistband of her panties and slid them down those long legs of hers, I stopped breathing altogether. She rose to her full height, standing unabashedly naked in front of me, her head held high, her blue eyes daring me to look away. I didn’t.
All rational thought escaped me. My heart started pounding like a damn drum, and my throat became as dry as sand. She was perfect—every inch of her.
Daria must’ve noticed how enthralled I was, because her lips curled into a teasing grin. “What’s the matter, Boy Scout? Never seen a naked woman before?”
~Braxton Thorin, Mission Shift
About this Braxton Thorin quote
This Braxton Thorin quote comes from Mission Shift by Evie James, the third and final book in the Broken Heroes trilogy. After Braxton and Daria escape Russian custody and find brief refuge in an abandoned farmhouse, the charged tension between them finally breaks into something playful, sensual, and dangerous. Daria’s confidence unsettles Braxton as much as her lethal skill, proving she isn’t only the Ice Queen who saved his life—she’s a woman capable of making him forget the war for the moment. Their story blends enemies-to-lovers tension, forced proximity, secret identity, fish-out-of-water danger, kidnapping, romantic suspense, Russian mafia stakes, and a war-zone romance where survival and desire collide.
Read more about Mission Shift or explore the Broken Heroes trilogy.