In Levi's dark life, marked by loss and duty, a single unfamiliar face begins to stir something long buried within him.

She was raised to lie, trained to kill, and built to survive. Now she's falling for the one man who sees through her. Lucinda Corvinne is a sharp-tongued ex-Military Police defector with too many secrets and even more knives. Levi Ackerman doesn't trust her. She doesn't care. But command says they work together. Closely. Tension like a wire. Chemistry like a blade. This isn't just a love story. It's a slow-burn war with too much trauma, too many bad jokes, and one extremely unkillable girl who keeps pissing off the captain. TW: Smut 🍋, strong language, substance use, references to self-harm / suicidal behavior. (Book One of The Books of Luce Trilogy)