"Unknown Blood" is a gripping military thriller layered with emotional depth. At its heart is Master Chief Petty Officer Merliah Morgan, a fearless Navy operative carrying a powerful secret-she's the illegitimate daughter of NCIS Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs, a truth only she knows. As she joins the NCIS team on high-stakes missions, her strength, loyalty, and heart are put to the test. Caught between duty, love, and a hidden past, Merliah must forge her own path-for her unborn child, her fiancé, and the truth behind the blood that binds her.

‧₊˚❀‧₊˚❀‧₊˚❀‧₊˚❀‧₊˚❀ 'Cause you're my religion, You're how I'm living. When all my friends say I should take some space, Well, I can't envision that for a minute. When I'm down on my knees, You're how I pray. ‧₊˚❀‧₊˚❀‧₊˚❀‧₊˚❀‧₊˚❀

When former Marine Captain Emily Holmes joins NCIS, she expects a new beginning - not a return to the battlefield she thought she'd left behind. Brilliant, controlled and unnervingly perceptive, Emily sees patterns no one else does. Crime scenes unfold in her mind with surgical clarity. Motives snap into place. Lies unravel. And every time she's right - which is often - Leroy Jethro Gibbs hates it just a little bit more. He doesn't trust easily. He doesn't like surprises. And Emily Holmes is both. From case to case, Emily's instincts cut through chaos with frightening precision. Her military past gives her an edge the team can't ignore - and a darkness she refuses to explain. While Tony tries to decode her secrets, Kate begins to see the woman behind the discipline and McGee quietly admires the mind that never stops working. But Emily's greatest challenge are.n't the cases. It's the man leading the team. Gibbs sees too much. Emily hides too well. And the truth between them is a fuse waiting to be lit. In a world where every clue is a threat and every agent carries scars, Emily Holmes must learn that survival isn't the same as belonging - and that some battles follow you home.

❝ 𝙬𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙬𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 ❞ 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐲, 𝐞𝐱-𝐜𝐢𝐚 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝. cover made by @vanillainkss <3