Love was forbidden, the only question left was would they die for a chance to touch paradise?
Lazzar spent his long life doing what he was created to do, fighting the enemy. He expected to live and die that way until he saw her. One look into her eyes across a war-torn battlefield, and he knew he wanted to be more than a warrior who died for an unworthy cause.
Every time Amira closed her eyes all she could see was the male with eyes so bright they were stamped into her heart. Now they were on shore leave, and she was doing what she knew was forbidden, spending time with him.
A night together would be overlooked, but falling in love was punishable by death. They knew it, but neither were strong enough to leave the other. After they dealt with the enemy coming after them, they would meet their fate hand in hand.
#Prequel #Shortstory
This book contains adult content; it is not recommended for readers under the age of 18.
Lazzar: The Kur'ik Minor Incident (The Wolves Den, #0) by Serena Simpson
I was looking for a fantasy or science fiction book by a BIPOC author for The Diverse Baseline Challenge. Let me tell you, with all of the advances in SEO, AI, word prediction, I still can't filter my Kindle Library but genre, forget sub-sub-genre. I can't search my own ebooks by author type - find me a non-white Author! Or a disabled or Chronically Fabulous Author! Where is the search capability in the Kindle App, in Libby, Hoopla, heck, even the Internet!!!
Anyway, this was a super interesting start to a series. There are “Created” beings that are built and programmed to be dispensable in war. They can't couple up, have kids, they are built to die. What happens when two of them fall in love? Is it faulty programming? Evolution? Magic? Super interesting read.
This is my 34th book for The Diverse Baseline Challenge and the first for the September prompt of Fantasy or Science Fiction.