Scarbound Deserter

The instant Cyrus Vale’s needle snaps Kael Thorne’s command mark, the war ink beneath her skin awakens—and she nearly tears his throat out. Her only order is chillingly clear: fix it, or die with everyone around her. A deserter tattoo-forger with a talent for lies, Cyrus is forced to stay beside the empire’s most dangerous living weapon. Every time Kael fights to protect the war-orphan convoy, her blood ink steals another piece of her memory—and every time Cyrus touches her to repair it, their hatred burns dangerously close to desire. With military hunters behind them and monsters ahead, Cyrus must repair Kael’s broken command mark before she forgets who she is—but when the final memory starts to fade, will he save the weapon… or the woman he was never supposed to love?