Beneath the Hunter's Shadow

She records the secrets of plants.

He walks with shadows at his back.

And somewhere in the kingdom, a king searches for a powerful healer.

Elara is an herb-scribe, trained to study and record the properties of plants so healers may better serve the sick and wounded. Her world is one of forests, ink-stained pages, and quiet purpose—far removed from courts, crowns, and the threat of war.

Until healers begin to disappear.

Hunters are sent across the land, snatching up those believed to possess rare gifts—anyone who might be the healer the king so desperately seeks. Elara knows she is not one of them, yet her knowledge of herbs, healers, and hidden paths may be the very thing that places her in danger as she tries to help others evade the hunt.

When a dangerous wanderer offers his help, guiding her through roads thick with rumor and unrest, Elara is forced to trust a man who shares little of himself. She senses truths he does not speak, yet her fate seems already entwined with his.

As whispers of war spread and the king’s reach grows long, Elara’s strange visions begin to surface—warnings she cannot control and do not fully understand. Dark forces stir beyond the borders, and the land itself seems to watch her steps.

Bound by circumstance and drawn together by necessity, Elara and the wanderer must navigate a world where power is feared, truth is hidden, and love may demand a greater price than either is prepared to pay.

Because beneath a Hunter’s shadow, nothing remains untouched—not even the heart.