The NEW COURT: Scar Tissue MF

They burned the system. The system didn't stay dead.Months after the collapse, Leo and Sloane are living off the grid-a crumbling farmhouse, a woodpile, a silence that feels nothing like peace. Leo's leg is healing wrong. Sloane wakes up reaching for a whistle that isn't there. The Syndicate is gone, but the patterns remain.When a message arrives from the Discarded they left behind, it forces a choice: stay hidden, or go back. The Grid is rebuilding. The machines are waking up. And the people who survived the purge are being rounded up again.This time, Leo and Sloane aren't running. They're going back to the one place that might save what's left-a broken asphalt court where the rules don't exist, and the only thing that matters is who refuses to stop standing.The New Court is the final book in the Warehouse trilogy, a story about healing, resistance, and what comes after the war.Heat Level: 7/10 (Established intimacy, scars and healing, tender and fierce moments throughout)

Pages: 39, Paperback, Independently published