Release Date: December 26th, 2018
What if the job you took to stay alive might be what kills you?
Kade knows what it is to suffer. He knows what it's like to lose everything and everyone around him.
His job in a Stormer Unit guarantees not just his survival in the decimated country of Azetaria, but his sister Meg's. Even if it means facing the Numachi warriors baying for his blood, he'll do what it takes to keep her safe.
Hadley is alone and surviving the only way she knows how. By hiding where predators won't find her and scavenging enough just to keep her alive.
When desperation drives Hadley to search for her missing brother, she mistakenly accepts the offer of recruitment into the Stormer's camp, only to be partnered with Kade and sent as a scout into Numachi territory.
The intimidating young Stormer may just know where her brother has gone. But can they stay alive long enough to find him?
EXCERPT
He glanced
at his forearm and grimaced as he made out the ink beneath the smear of green
he’d forgotten to reapply. The snake coiled around the blade visible should
anyone get close enough to look. And they would look. They always looked.
***
The youngest
warrior scowled at him and rattled off something in a dialect Kade was
unfamiliar with.
What backwater hellhole did these two mongrels climb out of?
A knot of tension began building in his
shoulders, the desire to react growing almost unbearable. He looked once more
around the room, and when he was sure there would be no one around to run and
get the chief’s guards, Kade eased back in his chair a little, a placating
smile on his face as he prepared to kill them as swiftly as possible.
***
Kade’s
footsteps were heavy as he approached and stared down at her. “This isn’t going
to work. You need to be wearing something lighter, or we’ll never make it to Lazen.”
Hadley tried
for a weak shrug but could barely muster the energy. “What do you suggest?”
Kade raised
an eyebrow, and a deep frown appeared on his face as he considered her. He continued to stare at her as she sat, legs
sprawled out on the ground. “The best I can come up with is cutting your
clothing.”
His eyes
narrowed as he searched the length of her. A bolt of alarm jostled her into
thinking. “How much are you cutting off?”
Kade dipped
his chin, his voice low as he spoke. “Enough, so
you don’t keep fainting, enough, so you
still pass for a boy.”
He reached
for a knife and wore the slightest of smiles as he unsheathed it. “Let’s hope
you have hairy legs then eh?”
Hadley’s
lips split into a smile before she remembered she was annoyed with him for
being so smug.
About the author:
Sarah Addison-Fox is a New Zealand-born misfit who writes action-packed fantasy with a smattering of punch-ups, mega amounts of romance and a dash of family values. She has an astonishing amount of nail polish, has all her creative writing credentials shoved in a drawer somewhere, and has a husband who, after 28 years, can still make her blush. When she’s not working on her multiple YA fantasy romance series' she can be found binge watching Mission Impossible movies, drinking lager and eating curry.
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