Hunted

My enemy murdered my people. Yet I couldn't arrest her. Why did I let her fly away when my heart aches for her? Sinjin is a rogue Avialan fighter living in Rhea, a nation divided by racism. Oppressed her whole life by the ethnic majority Sapien race due to the wings on her back, she conducts raids on wing trafficking rings to free her countrymen from the clutches of Sapiens. During one of her raids, she's caught by a Sapien policeman who allows her to escape.
That should have been the first and last she saw of him. Aqra regrets not arresting the Avialan woman but that turns out to be a blessing in disguise. When his childhood Avialan friend is kidnapped, the police refuse to lift a finger. Only the Avialan woman he almost arrested can help him. Forced to work together, Sinjin and Aqra uncover a shared past that stirs up old feelings and young love. But confronted with an unchanging society, will racial prejudices destroy them or will love triumph? ~  Winner of Neovel's Stronger Together contest  ~  Judges' review: The storytelling was smooth and captivating.
I really cared about the characters and wanted to know more about them and know what happened next. There was nothing to hold me back from devouring the whole story. Word count: 16.5k Estimated number of pages: 66