BambiTheBandit_
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Dark Fantasy ✦ Psychological ✦ Slow Burn ✦ Morally Grey Characters
BECOMING HOLLOW
"You know my heart belongs to you, though I wish that weren't true. I see myself reflected in your eyes, and I'm ready to pay the price. There are so many things I want to say, mostly lies to make you stay."
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After the mass extinction of humanity, only five Zones remain. Vanguard, Genesis and Foundry have become the Institute's three powerful divisions, each an essential cog in the machine that keeps their world running.
Skyleen Winters is a legacy, born into a name that carries enormous expectations. Every three years, the Choosing brings new recruits into the Institute, and Skyleen is placed in Vanguard. But she wants more than a soldier's life within the Zones. She wants to see what lies beyond them.
Her father, Jeremiah Winters, wants anything but that future for his daughter.
Determined to end her journey before it begins, Jeremiah strikes a deal with Captain Kay Grimes, a man with a reputation for being dangerous, a little unstable and rather likeable, some say. Of course, one should never believe everything one hears.
Kay's task is simple: make Skyleen's life so miserable that she gives up on Vanguard herself.
He sees it as an easy way to get what he wants. Skyleen, however, proves far more difficult than he expected.
As their little game unfolds, new secrets come to light and the stakes rise, leaving just one question: Who would you bet on to take it all?