Smoke Over Broken Earth: A Dark Hearts Novella
Michael James
Eli Abbitowa was only twelve the night his world burned. Cassian’s army of the Kindred left smoke curling over his village, and the shadow of Nalusa Falaya carved into his bones. Taken in by Ben Harkins, a Choctaw medicine man, Eli learned the ways of cedar, prayer, and restraint. But anger never left him. Every cedar bundle he lit carried the memory of fire and blood.
Through the years, Sam stayed by his side — first as a friend, then as something deeper, quieter, and far more dangerous to admit. Eli’s vow to fight the darkness warred with the tenderness he could never let himself fully claim. Love became his greatest danger and his greatest shield.
As the years stretched, Eli walked the thin line between protector and hunter, medicine and rage. He fought to hold balance in a world where shadows wear the faces of those you love, and where restraint often means survival. But every choice carved its cost, leaving him torn between the vow he made at twelve and the love that could have remade him.
In the Dark Hearts universe, every story is about love standing against the dark. Smoke Over Broken Earth is Eli’s story — the burden he carried, the love he could not claim, and the legacy he left behind.
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