Four years after the world nearly tore itself apart, Ella is still learning how to live in one piece.
As Supreme Commander, she was built to survive the war, but not the quiet. Not the echo of her own thoughts, the weight of choices made, and the lives lost beneath her hands. But Aaron grounds her, steadfast, patient, the only person who truly sees her. Together, they've rebuilt something resembling peace, something almost gentle. But peace doesn't mean safety. And healing doesn't mean silence.
When Ella collapses under the weight of an unexplained illness, their fragile world cracks open once more. As fear twists into something deeper, she and Aaron are forced to confront the truths they've buried, the ghosts that haunt them, the love that remade them, and the future they never dared to hope for.
Because sometimes, believing in each other isn't enough.
They have to believe in themselves.
𝐘𝐚𝐳𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐈𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐡𝐢𝐦 - daughter of the Supreme Commander of Asia, sister to the Ibrahim twins, and a weapon disguised as a diplomat. Raised to follow orders. Sent to spy. Trained to keep her heart locked behind steel. But there are cracks in the armor now - questions she was never supposed to ask, truths she was never meant to know.
𝐊𝐞𝐧𝐣𝐢 𝐊𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐨 - survivor of too many battles, former soldier of a fallen resistance, and the steady voice beside a commander still learning how to lead. He's lost homes, friends, and hope more times than he can count - but something about her makes him pause. Makes him wonder if there's still something worth saving.
They meet on opposite sides of a lie.
But when secrets unravel and war threatens to tear everything apart, Yazmina and Kenji find themselves drawn to each other in a way neither of them can explain - or resist.
This isn't a love story. This isn't a simple story of enemies to allies. It's a story about finding yourself in the wreckage. About the quiet rebellion of choosing love in a world that teaches you to hate. About surviving - and then, finally, learning how to live.
The war isn't over.
But maybe, just maybe - something better begins here.
Kenji Kishimoto x fem!oc
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