Lioness: Ashes and Embers
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A month after the chaos in Mallorca, Cruz Manuelos is left reeling—haunted by guilt, grief, and the woman she lost. With no contact from Joe or Kaitlyn, she leans on the few teammates who still treat her like family. As the CIA debates her future, Cruz finds solace in punishing workouts and restless nights, haunted by memories of Aaliyah. Her only sense of clarity comes when she learns Aaliyah is still alive—and potentially in danger.
In Riyadh, Aaliyah is caught in the crossfire of a power struggle. With her father dead and male heirs gone, she’s the last remaining Amrohi—making her both a target and a symbol. Kamal and Imran, two men with competing visions for the Amrohi legacy, circle like vultures. The U.S. now believes Aaliyah may be the key to stability in the region—and Cruz, the only one who can protect her.
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- Part 1 of Lioness: Ashes and Embers
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The hunt for Imran Amrohi and Kamal Al Rashdi...Will Cruz and the QRF be able to take down these threats before they get to Aaliyah? Who can they trust? Can Cruz and Aaliyah find their way back amidst the chaos? Expect layered missions and some cat-and-mouse as motives come to light.
If you haven't yet, check out ACT I: Fallout and Fractures. This story picks up from there. Thanks for reading!
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- Part 2 of Lioness: Ashes and Embers
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The mission ended. The war didn’t.
Aaliyah Amrohi now sits at the head of Amrohi Oil—young, underestimated, and surrounded by men who expect her to fail. Board members test her. Governments watch her. Enemies gather in quiet rooms, waiting. She refuses to give them the satisfaction. Raised in power but never meant to wield it, Aaliyah is learning to lead in real time—drawing on a past she barely survived, instincts sharpened in crisis, and the ruthless lessons taught by the operators who kept her alive.
Cruz never expected to leave the military. She never expected a life outside it. But loving Aaliyah changed the rules, and stepping away from war never meant stepping away from the fight. Now she stands at Aaliyah’s side, not as an operative or an asset, but as something more dangerous: A partner.
As corporate warfare escalates, alliances fracture, and new enemies rise from the ashes of old ones, they must survive a world where power is negotiated in boardrooms instead of battlefields—and love may be the one thing they cannot afford to lose.
Because survival isn’t enough anymore. They want a future.
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- Part 3 of Lioness: Ashes and Embers