The Decaying Empire

When eighteen-year-old teleporter Ember Pierce wakes up in a Los Angeles hospital, she remembers only the basics: shes been trained by the government as a spy, shes sent on dangerous missions, and her last assignmentthe one that landed her in the hospitalwas a setup. Caden Hawthorne has spent the past ten months of his life grieving Embers death. So when she shows up in his room like an apparition, he cant believe his eyes. But this Ember is different. Her hair is longer, her skin is paler, her gaze is haunted. She tells him what hes already begun to suspect: someone he trusted betrayed her. Now, uncertain who is friend and who is foe, Ember and Caden face the toughest mission of their livesto stay together and survive, as they run from danger toward an unknown future. See more