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    In a fractured Solar System where soldiers are disposable and truth is classified, Major Dion Krenick and Lieutenant Nick Irons are sent on a mission that should have killed them both.

    Dion is a decorated sniper with a talent for surviving the impossible — and a talent for breaking every rule that gets in the way of saving lives.
    Nick is a Nexus‑7 cyborg pilot built for war, praised as a weapon, treated as less than human, and one bad day away from being decommissioned.

    They meet as two broken men reassigned to the same unit:
    a reckless commander who refuses to abandon anyone,
    and a traumatized cyborg who’s forgotten how to trust.
    Thrown together in a conspiracy that reaches far beyond Mars, they become each other’s anchor — slowly, reluctantly, and against every regulation in the book.

    Rated M for dark themes and mature content. Updates weekly. Other CW may apply, read Author's Note section about each chapter's specific content warnings.

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