Once Princess Oria spun wicked daydreams from the legends
of
sorceresses kidnapped by the barbarian Destrye. Now,
though
she’s come willingly, she finds herself in a mirror of
the
old tales: the king’s foreign trophy of war, starved of
magic, surrounded by snowy forest and hostile strangers.
But
this place has secrets, too—and Oria must learn them
quickly
if she is to survive.
A Treacherous Court
Instead of the refuge he sought, King Lonen finds his
homeland desperate and angry, simmering with distrust of
his
wife. With open challenge to his rule, he knows he and
Oria—the warrior wounded and weak, the sorceress wrung
dry
of power—must somehow make a display of might. And
despite
the desire that threatens to undo them both, he still
cannot
so much as brush her skin.
A Fight for the Future
With war looming and nowhere left to run, Lonen and Oria
must use every intrigue and instinct they can devise: to
plumb Dru’s mysteries, to protect their peop