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Ella is a skilled soldier, rivaled only by her infamous team leader, Crow.

Years of grueling missions in the wilderness have forged her team into her family, but in a single day, a bloody betrayal shatters it all.

Picking up the pieces of her life, Ella must venture into The Quiet, a sacred and enigmatic realm whose door is guarded fiercely by their government. Determined to find answers, Ella is prepared to risk everything to open it, and unwittingly knocks on another.

Locked and bolted, the door of her past rests like a coffin in the silence of history. Despite all her efforts, she feels the hinges snapping, and learns that no buried secret can stay dead forever, especially when it has a life of its own.

#action #adventure #romance #slowburn #fantasy

Quotes:

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He’d just risked his life to save her and yet she couldn’t help but feel that he was by all means a completely different and altogether more threatening element than her.

She half expected the flowers to wilt in the heat of his eyes as he watched them, but instead they gently arched and fluttered at his caress. His hands were still stained in sweat and blood, and yet life received them anyway.

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Baker had heard stories all her life of the Strike’s cruelty. In a world of mythical proportions, they were dragons to be feared if not slain. He was Death, king of the dragons, with a smile like spring sun, and eyes that saw everything with the wholeness of a full moon.

In the presence of his abundant generosity there was an eerie sense that she sat between his open jaws. More surprising was his ability to coax out some desire to stay.

No one seemed at ease in his kindness, nor could they reject its warmth. He was Death, but to Baker’s surprise and undoubtedly the chagrin of everyone else, Death was a likable man.