DUST

"Katie," he warned me in a quiet voice.

It was a warning that he wanted his answer; that I should start taking the situation seriously, but I didn't do it. Instead, I smiled sweetly at him, opening my mouth - and that was all I managed to do. Because in the blink of an eye, my backpack lay on the ground, and I ended up pinned against the wall with Isaac in front of me, blocking me from any movement.

He breathed deeply, while my breath got stuck somewhere deep in my throat. He held me in place with his hands, leaning on the sides of my head, and with that steel gaze locked onto my eyes.

I needed to somehow break free from that intensity for at least a moment, so I shifted my gaze to the left side. The guys were standing there, leaning against the wall, watching us amusedly.

"Like we never said it," Ben winked at me.

At his words, I frowned at him, but I didn't say anything. Isaac caught my attention again with the quiet utterance of my name. "What did you want to do?"

. . .

The story of a young woman who didn't have many things in life, let alone luck. She had to learn on the go, and even faster when she was chosen for Cinder City. A city whose reputation preceded it. It held many secrets, legends, and things she had no inkling of until now. It was a dangerous place where she found friends. A city where she discovered a home and, above all, where she felt safe. However, fate had a challenging path prepared for her, so her joy never lasted long. No, not when she had to fight for her own life many times, overcoming wild rivers and even dry deserts along the way.

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First book of the series