Shadow of Ashes: 1

They were built to be weapons. They chose to be family. Five test subjects. Abilities beyond anything human. One corporation that sees them as assets, not people. Alex, Dom, Jax, Ezra, and Everly are InterVent's greatest achievement: engineered, enhanced, and bound to each other in ways their creator never intended. They call themselves the Silk Ashes. Ashton Vexx calls them property. When a mission goes wrong, the team learns their strength was never the real project. Alex is. Buried inside her is something even Vexx doesn't fully understand, a power that could tip the balance between Earth, Mars, and everything beyond them. And Vexx will burn through everyone she loves to get it. Corporate conspiracy. Blood debts. A family with no choice left but to fight back. Shadow of Ashes is book one in a fast-moving sci-fi saga about engineered humanity, weaponized loyalty, and the price of becoming exactly what someone else built you to be. They never asked to be weapons. Now it's the only thing keeping them alive. --- *Second Edition - revised and expanded.*