Dark Embers

Alexandria's life has been nothing but survival.
Orphaned as a child and left in the hands of an abusive aunt, she thought she had already seen the worst the world had to offer until her 17th birthday, when everything was taken from her.
Captured and controlled by the CIA, Alexandria endured a decade of brutal experimentation, pain, and psychological torment. They tried to break her. Instead, they created something far more dangerous.
Something not entirely human.
After ten years, she finally escapes but freedom doesn't feel real. Haunted by everything she's endured, trust is a foreign concept, and the world outside feels just as dangerous as the one she left behind.
Then she meets Loki.
Mysterious, unpredictable, and far more understanding than he should be, Loki offers her something she's never had before: guidance... and a choice. But getting close to him may be just as dangerous as the past she's running from.
As Alexandria begins to uncover the true extent of the power buried inside her, reality itself starts to shift. And when a powerful man of magic enters her life, pulling her heart in a direction she isn't ready for, she's forced to confront the one thing she's avoided for so long