When Suki’s clan is denied a voice in an upcoming trial that will decide their future, she disguises herself as a warrior boy and takes her brother’s place among the sentries of a rival clan. Forced to live, train, and fight beside them, she must hide her identity at all costs—especially from Neteyam, the disciplined, observant warrior who begins to sense something off about her. As suspicion grows into reluctant trust, and trust into dangerous attraction, Suki must choose between revealing the truth and risking everything… or losing the one person who sees her for who she truly is, even without knowing her name. the truth she’s hiding becomes impossible to ignore. When her identity is finally revealed, both of them are forced to confront what was real, what was a lie, and whether the bond they built can survive the truth.