[Shadowmark 05] • Deception

Secrets keep you safe.

Calla has been granted a chance to redeem herself in the eyes of her alien masters. Determined that Doyle is hiding something, she teams up with him on the Condarri's orders. They are to find the rogues together, but all Calla wants to do is catch Doyle in his lies.

Mina, unexpectedly without Doyle once again, must place her trust in strangers, finding relative safety in a mountain lodge. But the longer she waits for him to reappear, the more abandoned she feels. And with all the questions thrown her way, she struggles to find a believable story to explain her survival since the invasion.

She must keep Doyle's secret to protect him and herself, but will he ever return?

During an alien attack on the Army camp, Lincoln loses his team. Before he can find them, Captain Baker takes him as her hostage. As Lincoln struggles to figure out why, the only thing he can do is hope she never finds his friends.