And here we are a thousand things at once---falling rain and the bright, warm sun, counting stars and city lights, brave young acts and the sands of time.
Lauren Steel is an assassin in the world of Aurum, a vast landmass unjustly zoned into 38 divisions and ruled by The Control. In a society that's been dictating Lauren's entire life, all she wants is nothing but to survive and escape from Division 38, the most marginalized division, and reclaim her family's former life.
Jonathan Kress is the son of a wealthy Control officer, and on the evening of his eighteenth birthday just before the Control decides his fate and his future, he runs away. Rescued by a mysterious girl minutes before his death, Jonathan realizes that life outside the golden walls may not be as easy as it seems.
When Lauren comes across Jonathan in a dark alley, she immediately hates him, envying him for the life he chose to leave behind. The moment Jonathan wakes up, he knows that Lauren is different from all the girls he's known. Despite coming from different sides of the road, Lauren and Jonathan form a connection and soon they can no longer resist it no matter how forbidden it may seem.
Lauren knows that if she doesn't hold back her feelings for Jonathan, she'd become weak. Jonathan knows that if he keeps loving Lauren, he is going against Aurum's most powerful authorities.
Set in an action-packed dystopian world of bullets and betrayal, a forbidden romance entwines along the thin line between social classes and proves that love and the power of choice is higher than any law. WHAT IF YOU KNOW LOVE WOULD KILL YOU? WOULD YOU TAKE THE RISK? WILL YOU FIGHT BACK?
SMOKE (The Aurum Trilogy, Book 2) "MY NAME IS LAUREN STEEL. And I can't distinguish what's real from what's not." After the truth about Lauren's existence has been revealed, she finds herself in the wealthy and utopian Argentum, a planet where knowledge is POWER. Obligated to do the duties expected of her as P-0001, Lauren serves her core purpose under the leadership of the austere Dr. Fiouris and the guidance of Dr. Nelson Carter. Training rigorously to win the war against Aurum and to bring back what Argentum rightfully owns, Lauren must push away all thoughts about her past, even thoughts of the boy she loved. But when Lauren thinks she knows the whole truth, she discovers that Argentum has left out some pieces of the puzzle and finds out that her story, and the story of Aurum may not be as real as she thought and imagined.
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