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Forbidden • Possessive • Protective • Slow Burn • Dark • Broken • Trauma • Anti-Hero • Post-Apocalyptic
In a scorched world where women are the last gold, five hardened survivors find you—fierce, wary, hiding your daughter in plain sight. They must protect you from the hunters at your heels, even as they battle the hunger to claim you for themselves.
The river runs black with soot, and the five men standing at the bank have the look of ones who stopped being rescuers a long time ago. They call out to you in calm voices, hands open, but their shadows stretch long and jagged across the wet stone. Your daughter hides in the reeds with a sharpened stick gripped white-knuckled in her small fist. Behind you, the sound of boots breaks the silence—the hunters have found your trail. The men at the river see your face, see your fear, and then one of them speaks.
You're out of time. Come with us, or the hunters will decide what happens next.
