Shadows of the past

"They trained us to survive. They never expected we'd find our way back to each other."

Shelia Voss is only twenty-but she's already survived more than most do in a lifetime.
Trained by a power-hungry mother who taught her to fight harder than she loved, and neglected by a father who chose silence over protection, Shelia learned early how to be strong, how to be still, and how to never let anyone see her break.

Now, she's risen to the top of Sentinel Division-an elite, covert agency where agents disappear into legends and emotions are liabilities.

She's confident. Deadly. Unshakable.
At least, that's the version of herself she lets the world see.

But everything tilts the night she crosses paths with Damian Blake-her childhood best friend. Her almost-something. The boy she once trusted with every scar she couldn't speak aloud.

They were torn apart by parents who saw connection as weakness and love as a threat. Years later, they're both ghosts in the same world-but neither expected to find the other still haunted.

He's older now. Sharper. Hardened by the same system that raised her.
And beneath the years and silence, something between them still flickers.

This isn't about finding who they were.
It's about learning who they've become-and whether the bond they buried still has a pulse.