Angel Captive

The human woman they locked in my cell should fear me.

Before her, I had forgotten what hope felt like.

Riley can find the weakness in any machine, challenge captors twice her size, and somehow still believe there is something inside me worth saving. Every forbidden touch—kept secret under the watchful eyes of our wardens—makes me remember the sky. Every hard-won smile awakens a hunger no prison punishment can silence.

They can poison my blood. They can punish every act of defiance. They can force us close enough to share breath—shackling us together in the dark and expecting me to break her.

They do not understand that obedience can be forced.

Trust cannot.

The longer Riley remains beneath my wings, the more dangerous my wanting becomes. Because I no longer dream only of freedom.

I dream of her choosing me when the doors finally open.

And if our captors try to take that future from us—or threaten the life growing between us—I will show them exactly why they kept an Angeliminir warrior in chains.

Angel Captive is book one of the Fallen World Prison series.