Silent Inferno | b. barnes
Book IV of the Oblivion Saga
"Keys are proof that even locks believe in freedom." -Unknown
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Alice D'Voux. An aspiring young artist whose past was written in places designed to break people quietly. She's lived the majority of her life in silence - partly by choice, partly out of survival. Haunted by tragedy, she carries her words in her hands instead of her voice. Therapy, routine, distraction...none of it can quiet the fire burning steadily underneath her skin.
By a chance occurrence - or maybe the Universe's way of throwing a curve ball - she meets the last person you'd expect to see in a mental health clinic if they weren't dragged there.
James "Bucky" Barnes. A man who knows what it means to be turned into something he never consented to. The Winter Soldier - the name the world gave him when it decided what he was, and the truth that redemption is a lock he doesn't feel worthy enough to pick.
Neither of them are looking for connection. But when Bucky's path crosses with Alice's, they both see a reflection that they can't ignore: scars, survival, and a fight to believe in freedom.
What starts as a chance encounter quickly turns dangerous as the systems that shaped them refuse to stay buried. Alice and Bucky are thrown headfirst back in with organizations that profit from turning people into weapons.
Because in a world set on forging monsters, survival may come down to one impossible choice:
stay silent and intact - or let the fire speak, no matter the cost.
***DISCLAIMER***
I DO NOT OWN ANY OF THE MARVEL CHARACTERS/PLOTLINES THAT MAY BE MENTIONED IN THIS BOOK. I ONLY OWN THE OCS AND THE PLOT OF THE BOOK ITSELF.