Unbroken (The Protectors (Kennedy))

Everything was supposed to go back to normal when I was rescued. It hasn’t. And I’m starting to think it never will because I don’t even know what normal is anymore.... It’s been two years since Aleks Silva was rescued by his older brother from the dark underworld of sex trafficking, and every day since then has been a battle. Leaving the house, interacting with people, even doing something as boring as deciding what clothes to wear or what to eat for breakfast are tasks that most people take for granted. But for Aleks, they’re torture. Because freedom and choice are things that once came at a steep price, and survival meant submitting to the whims of those who only saw him as a possession and plaything. Until there was one man who saw him as something more.... I knew from the moment I saw him that I was going to get him out. But I also knew once I did, I’d need to let him go.... He’s known as Vaughn and nothing more. His job is to make sure secrets don’t get out, and the possessions he’s been tasked with guarding never escape and tell their story. After eight years in a world where innocent kids are used to feed the darkest of depravities, Vaughn has seen things that would break even the strongest man. But he’s played it smart and built up a wall between himself and the darkness that threatens to consume him. It wasn’t until he met a young man who had to be a thousand times stronger to survive the life he was forced into as a child that the first crack appeared in his caref…