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Sergeant First Class Cruz Manuelos thought she’d buried Zara along with the mission in Mallorca, but some ghosts don't stay dead, and some women won’t stay quiet.
After disappearing into the desert with blood on her hands and a woman’s scream in her ears, Cruz is reassigned to Riyadh and left to rot, until a failed abduction drags her back into Aaliyah Amrohi’s orbit. Alive, angry, and more trapped than ever, Aaliyah is now the wife of the man who replaced her dead fiancé. She doesn't want Cruz's protection. She certainly doesn't want her apology. But the world won't let either of them go quietly.
As past and present collide, the Lioness team scrambles to uncover a new network of corruption, arms deals, and American betrayal. While Cruz and Aaliyah try to navigate the wreckage of what was real, what was operational, and what might still be possible between them.
Love doesn't undo the blood. But it might decide what comes next.