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Samara Solari was never meant to be found.Â
Raised in the lower levels of Coruscant, she learned early how to disappear. How to survive in the shadows, bury her power, and keep her heart guarded. But when an uncontrolled surge of the Force exposes her to the Jedi Order, Samara is pulled from the only life she has ever known and thrust into a world of discipline, prophecy, and war.Â
The Jedi sees potential in her. Some see danger. Anakin Skywalker sees something else entirely. From the moment their paths collide, Samara and Anakin are bound by a connection neither of them understands. A Force tether that draws them together through pain, fear, and the growing darkness of the Clone Wars. At first, they clash. She is sharp where he is reckless, guarded where he is volatile, and far too familiar with what it means to be an outsider.Â
As battles rage across the galaxy and the Jedi Order clings tighter to a Code that cannot bend, Samara begins to see the truth hidden beneath Anakin's anger: a boy who was never truly freed, a man terrified of losing everyone he loves, and a Chosen One expected to bring balance while being denied the very thing that might save him.Â
Through Anakin, Samara is forced to confront a question the Order has spent generations avoiding: What happens to a good person when the system meant to guide them refuses to adapt?Â
As their bond deepens, so does the danger surrounding them. The Sith are watching. The Council is afraid. And the Force itself seems to be pulling Samara toward a destiny she never asked for. One tied not only to Anakin Skywalker's fate, but to the balance of the galaxy itself.Â
Because balance was never meant to be found in emptiness. It was meant to be held. And some bonds are not attachments. Some are lifelines.
