Synopsis - Dean MacMadden has spent a lifetime running towards danger. Former SAS. Decorated. Battle-tested. Now just another consultant commuting into London. Until the past starts catching up with him. It begins with a dream. A memory from Bosnia, 1995. A firefight. A strange black stone. And a moment that should have been impossible. Then it happens again. Time slips. Just for a second. Long enough to notice. Long enough to matter. When the Ministry of Defence calls him in, Dean is pulled into a world that officially doesn't exist. A hidden organisation operating beyond the limits of time itself. Their mission: prevent events that could reshape history. They've been watching him for over twenty years. Because whatever he found that night in Bosnia... it changed him. Now he's the only one who can survive what comes next. But some forces aren't meant to be controlled. And some doors, once opened, don't lead back. Copyright © 2026 by D. McDowell All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means without prior written permission of the author. This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either the product of the author's imagination or used fictitiously.

She doesn't belong in this world. Kendra wakes in a place that feels almost real, almost safe, and entirely wrong. The air hums with something she can't name. The people watch too closely. And the forest is hiding something that hasn't decided whether she's prey or threat. She adapts quickly. She always does. Control. Distance. Observation. Until him. Ban doesn't just notice her. He reads her. Matches her. Pushes where no one else dares, closing distance she's spent a lifetime maintaining. And the closer he gets, the more something beneath her skin begins to respond. Not chaos. Not fear. Something older. Something waking. When the world itself starts watching them back, it becomes clear this isn't coincidence. It's connection. And whatever has found her isn't just observing anymore. It's waiting. And Kendra has never been good at standing still. Disclaimer *I do not own any of the seven deadly sins' characters, just the reader OC character. *Some minor AI editor assistance used. *I do not own any of the pictures except those I have tweaked and adapted, and some chatgpt assistance. © A. G. McDowell, 2026. All rights reserved.