Igniting the Phoenix

For Lucius Gamerin, strength is only gained when facing his greatest fear - a woman.

You're already involved. It's all around you. You feel it don't you? Sometimes there's thickness in the air, a lump with every swallow taken. A chill as you enter a room. You know they're there...
waiting...
watching.

In a war that captured his brothers, Lucius discovers a weapon can manifest in various forms. During his assignment - hiding in Josephine's home with interdimensional camouflage - he develops a crush for the general's daughter.
Without her knowledge, Josephine is calling the shots. Ignorance that once protected her, wanes in the balance of dimensional laws the more she perceives of him. And...
when the opened doorway is exposed, mind games of Lucius's enemies reach an entirely new level and forces him to make a decision about his secrecy. The shadows have finally found a key to their freedom and...
they will break through.