Leave Me Behind by K.M. Moronova (Paperback)

Nell Gallows carries the weight of survival. Two years ago, she walked away as the only living member of Riøt, an elite dark forces team wiped out in a single operation. Now she is being pushed towards Malum, a unit known for taking missions no one else would survive. The problem sits at the heart of her assignment: Malum lost a man in Patagonia, and they blame Riøt for it. Sending Nell feels less like a promotion and more like a death sentence waiting to be signed.

Before she departs for California, she grabs one final night to breathe. A nameless, planned escape. No promises, no future, just one last moment of freedom. Then she learns the truth. The man she chose is Bones—her superior officer, her new team leader, and the one person she hoped to never face. Cold, sharp, and unrelenting, Bones reminds her at every turn that he despises what she represents. But when a mission collapses and extraction fails, Nell refuses to abandon him to die. Something unspoken binds them together, even when hate feels easier than trust.

Forced into survival side by side, their truths bleed through the cracks. Bones hides secrets heavy enough to break them both. In the wreckage of loyalty, guilt and war, they are left with each other and the thin thread of faith neither is sure they deserve.