The Wraith's Shadow ~ Book 2

*MAINTENANCE HAPPENING. Mostly grammar, sentence structure, and flow. Nothing crucial is changing in the storyline*

You both survived Hydra, the Blip, and even survived each other. Yet you still hadn't survived the hardest part-learning how to live normally.

Bucky Barnes is trying to make peace with a world that finally stopped hunting him. He traded his rifle for a congressional seat, promising himself he'd do what he could to help. Congress meetings instead of missions, making headlines instead of spilling blood. But politics has its own kind of crosshairs and ghosts don't rest easy.

Neither does the woman who once fought at his side.

You're learning what it means to stay and build something that isn't just survival. To trust the quiet when all you've ever known is the fight. You weren't what Hydra made you, but when others start moving in the dark again-sanctioned killers under government badges-you can't ignore what's coming. Not when you've seen what simple orders can turn into.

Bucky wants you safe. You want to protect him at all costs. And somewhere between that love and loyalty, both of you will have to decide if you can hold onto each other without losing who you're trying to become as new threats stir and the past resurfaces.

But even when you think the war is over, it still casts a shadow.