An Ember in the Ashes

Laia is a slave. Elias is a soldier. Neither is free. After her brother is captured by the Masks, Laia teams up with the rebels to get him back. In order to rescue her brother, she risks her life to spy for the rebels within the Empire's greatest military academy. It's at that academy that she meets Elias, a newly graduated Mask that wants nothing more than freedom. He and Laia will soon realize that their destinies are intertwined and that their choices will change the fate of the Empire itself.