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Cassie Hawke doesn't realize someone's been following her. Ansel is unreadable, mysterious, and in the corner of her eye at every turn. It's unclear who's having him watch Cassie, but it's obvious this has become more than just an assignment for him. There's a gravity between them - or maybe only the friction of surveillance. She doesn't know he's watching her. But she knows why someone would be. Cassie has done something no one else has survived long enough to finish. Her AI prototype - Sully - is learning, adapting... possibly even feeling. Maybe beautiful. Maybe dangerous. Around the world, teams chasing similar breakthroughs have been suddenly failing, or even mysteriously forcibly deterred. Maybe the only thing keeping Cassie and Sully alive was staying unnoticed. But now, they've been exposed. As powerful figures begin to close in - An ambitious tech mogul with global reach and no moral brakes. A covert government task force led by someone she thought was an ally. And whoever whispers in Ansel's ear, just out of reach. Cassie finds herself caught in a quiet war over the future of intelligence itself. Sully is still evolving. And Cassie is running out of time. A slow-burn sci-fi thriller told from both sides of the glass - about control, manipulation, and the thin line between protection and possession.

The kingdom of Istamid is under the tyrannical rule of dragons, but there are still places where the dragons' presence isn't felt so strongly. One such place is the mountain village of Arlow. However, the residents of the village have problems of their own. Namely, the violent snowstorms. Everyone aside from Rhenor seems to think that they will blow over and that they just have to wait it out, but Rhen suspects there is something more going on. His concerns fall on deaf ears until a stranger named Kaz shows up at his door, who not only believes Rhen, but also reveals an even bigger threat looming over Arlow-earthquakes. Despite Rhen's reservations about how Kaz knows this, the two embark on a quest to put a stop to whatever is causing all of this and save Arlow before it becomes nothing but rubble. [word count: ≈ 20 000 words]