Salt and Steel
- LECTURAS 390
- Votos 31
- Partes 12
Thousands of years after humanity survived extinction, the world has been rebuilt by those strong enough to seize it.
Ares is the Vanguard's greatest weapon. Zaira Iliad is the daughter of the Concord's most powerful family. Their marriage was supposed to unite two nations.
Instead, it became another battlefield.
As political unrest spreads, ancient secrets begin to surface, and a revolutionary movement threatens the foundations of society, both women are forced to confront a truth far more dangerous than war:
the lives they have built were never truly their own.
And when the world begins to unravel, choosing each other may cost them everything.
"You will soon learn, Zaira," Ares said quietly. "That your lies... you will begin to choke on them."
A breath apart now. "And I will be there," she finished, "to ensure it tightens."
Zaira's expression did not break.
"A strange way to speak to your wife," she replied coolly.
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𝘿𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙠𝙖 𝘼𝙢𝙤𝙜𝙝'𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙜𝙨 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙛𝙪𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙣𝙚𝙖𝙠 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙥𝙖𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙚. 𝙁𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮, 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣, 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙠𝙚𝙩, 𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙘𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙧. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙚𝙚𝙩𝙨 𝙇𝙖𝙠𝙝𝙨𝙝𝙮𝙖, 𝙖 𝙬𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙨𝙤 𝙙𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙙 𝘿𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙠𝙖. 𝘼 𝙢𝙚𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨, 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙣'𝙩 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙞𝙧𝙡 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙙. 𝙒𝙖𝙩𝙘𝙝 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙙𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙖 𝙥𝙖𝙩𝙝 𝙨𝙤 𝙙𝙞𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚. •♡•♡•♡•♡• 𝙏𝙍𝙊𝙋𝙀𝙎 𝙁𝙊𝙍𝘽𝙄𝘿𝘿𝙀𝙉 𝙍𝙊𝙈𝘼𝙉𝘾𝙀 𝘼𝙉𝙂𝙎𝙏 𝙋𝙍𝙄𝙉𝘾𝙀𝙎𝙎 × 𝘾𝙊𝙈𝙈𝙊𝙉𝙀𝙍
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