About the Book
He trusted her with his secrets because she could never speak them. He never expected her to become one of them.
King Dravic has spent his life putting his kingdom before all else. He trusts few, fears no enemy, and has little patience for the magic that has long troubled Scotara. Yet he keeps one woman close—the quiet Adira, who cannot hear his words or speak of the secrets she witnesses.
Adira has learned to survive in a world of silence. She asks for little and expects even less, especially from the formidable king whose life is ruled by duty. But as Dravic begins to see the woman who has always been there, something changes between them. A touch lingers. Trust deepens. And a bond neither sought becomes increasingly difficult to deny.
Beyond Caerith Castle, danger is spreading. War threatens Scotara, unrest grows in the forbidden lands of Driochmor, and Dravic’s relentless search for a legendary healer draws him toward secrets buried long before he took the throne.
With enemies closing in, Dravic must venture into a land where magic rules and a king’s command carries little weight. And Adira, bound to him by a love neither expected, may be the one person he cannot bear to lose.
For a king who has always chosen his kingdom above everything else, the greatest battle may be the one that forces him to choose between his crown and his heart.
