After years of heartbreak, loss, and feeling like she never truly belonged, Lizzie struggles to cope with the trauma and grief that have shaped her life. Behind her sharp tongue, reckless behavior, and larger-than-life personality is a girl who is drowning in pain. Hughie, the golden-boy rugby player everyone expects to have a perfect future, finds himself torn between loyalty, expectations, and the feelings he’s always had for Lizzie.
Juliette Ferrars has spent most of her life being feared, controlled, and treated like a weapon because of the lethal power in her touch. Isolated for so long that loneliness became second nature, she’s learned to survive by making herself small, quiet, and easy to discard. Aaron Warner is the opposite—powerful, terrifying, and impossible to ignore. As the ruthless commander of Sector 45, he’s known for his cold control, sharp intelligence, and the kind of cruelty that makes people obey before he even speaks. But beneath Warner’s polished brutality is a man just as damaged and starved for love as Juliette is. Drawn together in the middle of war, rebellion, and the collapse of everything they’ve ever known, Juliette and Warner become each other’s greatest weakness and greatest strength. Their story is one of obsession, healing, power, and learning that love doesn’t make you weaker—it gives you something worth destroying the world for
Lizzie Young has spent years surviving the weight of grief, trauma, and the walls she’s built around her heart. Sharp-tongued, reckless, and determined to push everyone away before they can leave her, she’s convinced she’s beyond saving. But Hughie Biggs refuses to see only the girl hiding behind the anger. Loyal, patient, and quietly steadfast, he remembers the fearless, laughing girl Lizzie used to be—and believes she’s still there beneath the pain. As old wounds reopen and buried truths force Lizzie to confront the past she’s been running from, Hughie becomes the one constant in her chaotic world. Their journey is one of heartbreak, healing, and discovering that love isn’t about fixing someone—it’s about staying when they believe everyone else will leave. Theyve been together since they were nine years old.