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Dark academia isn't the aesthetic. It's the cover-up. You were born to obey. Reid came back to break the heroes who own you....
Stage 1: Reid Cross died as a war-monk. He wakes inside a starving boy in Ashport, a city ruled by corporate heroes. A red target blooms across his chest, and every street screen announces Jace's death. Then the hunt begins. The companies want Reid captured before the forbidden Current inside him fully awakens. Stage 2: Mira Quinn, a ruthless corporate enforcer, drops into his alley with orders to bring him back dead. She recognizes the Current flare and knows her own superiors are hiding something. Reid hates her badge. Mira hates his defiance. But when a hunted street kid named Leo becomes their shared liability, escape forces them into the same cramped safehouse, the same firefights, and a dangerous attraction neither can control. Stage 3: A star shard projects a map to a dead world, ending at Reid's name. The city's shining heroes may be manufactured weapons, and the Current may be the key to their extinction. Reid must choose: surrender the power, sacrifice Leo, or start a war against the system that owns Ashport. Every choice costs blood. One choice may cost Mira.
Genre
Urban War Hero & Secret Billionaire
Tags
EnemiesToLovers · ForcedProximity · FoundFamily · Revenge
Language
English
Length
61 chapters · Ongoing
Published
Sep 19, 2026
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