The government sponsored raids are spiralling out of control. Almost a decade on, even their supposed purpose—to keep Baalphorian citizens prepared for another war—is becoming harder for even the raid’s most ardent supporters to justify.

After her friend is dosed with an illegal and highly dangerous drug, however, the raids that Emilia has hated since this inception are the least of her worries.

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For almost a decade, Emilia has been running. Running from her past, from the person she once was, from the war and destruction that ripped her country, her soul, her very core apart.

She has a good life. She has friends and school and the normalcy that she always craved. She doesn’t miss her old life—not often, anyways. She’s locked her ability to miss away, along with so many of the skills that made her a so-called war hero.

Emilia always knew the normal, relaxing life she carved out for herself wouldn’t last. So, when a series of events bring old friends and scars back into her life, when the government sponsored raids start to get even more out of control than they already were, when secrets about the real reason behind the war start to echo out into the world, Emilia knows it's just a matter of time before she has to stop running.

Oh, and she’s pretty sure her boyfriend is going to break up with her.

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