Ashley became an interrogator to support her family and protect her city from the anarchic Renegades. When Daniel enters her interrogation room, she can't decide whose mind is more corrupted: his or hers.
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In the year 2130, water is both life and death. Ingesting water contaminated with Renegadea Protozoa can turn a person into a Renegade, or a destructive, anarchic criminal. It's 17-year-old Ashley Cummins's responsibility as a junior interrogator to filter out the petty thieves from the true Renegades. However, interrogating the cocky, defiant, and handsome Daniel Fadhill interferes with her duties. Swept up in Daniel's riptide, Ashley must decide for herself where her loyalties lie. After all, it only takes one contaminated sip to become a Renegade.
Christiana is currently facing an incredibly hard decision, the most agonizing choice of her young life. Because of laws preventing males from receiving any formal education prior to middle school, she has spent her time in primary school with her womb-mate.
Now, however, her Mother has entered her into an intra-familial tournament to determine the Sister most fit to act as security for her elder matBrother. A Brother with whom she has shared a unique, Sister-like bond despite his gender. A Brother who is about to enter junior high school.
Will she try her best in the upcoming contest, or will she throw the competition? Will she choose to remain by the side of her Sister or will she choose to guard her closest male relative?
Will she decide to become her Brother's Keeper?
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