Most people don’t hear him coming.
They just feel the shift—the weight in the air, the sudden silence, the sense that someone very large and very dangerous just entered the room.
Zach Steele doesn’t need to make a scene.
He is the scene.
🎖 Built for Battle. Chosen for Brotherhood.
At 6’4” and built like a steel wall (fitting, really), Zach has the kind of presence that clears a room without a word. But ask anyone who’s worked with him, and they’ll tell you—what’s more unsettling than his size is his stillness. His uncanny ability to disappear from a space… even when he’s the biggest man in it.
Zach enlisted in the Army right out of high school, on a fast track to the Rangers and then Delta Force. He served with precision, intensity, and a singular focus: protect the mission. Protect the team.
But when he chose not to re-up, he didn’t walk away from service entirely.
He joined Nick and David at Ivory Tower.
Now, he’s in charge of all things security—from physical protocols and surveillance systems to threat assessments and executive protection. If danger gets close to the Tower, Zach gets closer.
“Zach didn’t need to intimidate people.
They just took one look at him… and decided not to test their luck.”
🛡 The Man Beneath the Silence
What most people get wrong about Zach is assuming he’s just muscle.
That would be a mistake.
Zach sees more than anyone realizes. He watches everything. Measures everyone. But he speaks only when he has something worth saying—and when he moves, he does it with purpose.
His loyalty is absolute. His patience? Conditional.
And when Emma Vann—a woman with fire in her voice—ends up in his orbit, Zach’s quiet world is disrupted in all the best (and most dangerous) ways.
Because Emma isn’t intimidated.
She asks questions. Pushes boundaries. And when the storm hits, she refuses to hide behind him.
She stands beside him.
And that, more than anything, is what Zach never saw coming.
🔒 A Future Written in Code (and Combat Boots)
Zach doesn’t just keep Ivory Tower safe.
He’s laying the foundation for something bigger—something that may grow into its own division: Ivory Tower Security Services.
There are whispers of expansion.
More veterans. More protectors.
More stories.
But we’ll get to that. One storm at a time.
“He was a blade in human form. Quiet. Deadly. Unbreakable.
And the second he realized she was in danger—
he was already moving.”
So now you’ve met the men behind the Storm.
Nick. David. Zach.
Three brothers, bound not by blood—but by choice, pain, and the quiet, relentless need to build something better.
Which one stole your heart?
Or at least your curiosity?
Let me know in the comments.
But be warned: Zach is reading them. You just won’t notice him doing it.
—Jena
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