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[bookish-rival]

SPOILERS for BURNING CROWNS🔥

Oonagh swung Wren around to find the king of Gevra standing at the edge of the cliff, looking worse than Wren had ever seen him. And that really was saying something. Yet, despite his weakness, she could tell be the smudges of dirt on his cheeks and the grass stains on his trousers that somehow, Alarik Felsing had dragged himself up those cliffs.

Wren felt herself smile.

Alarik, for all his suffering, smiled back.

~ BURNING CROWNS

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▪︎ art by the amazing @im_arc❤️

▪︎ commissioned by me

▪︎ Characters: Queen Wren Greenrock & King Alarik Felsing belong to Catherine Doyle and Katherine Webber

▪︎ clothing design by @im_arc -> she also made a beautiful Wren portrait for @stephdaydreams and was kind enough to use the same design for my commission as well! 🫶🏼

》 Please DO NOT repost! 《

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I am VERY excited to share this wonderful piece with you all!!

For those who don't know by now, I might be VERY Alarik biased 😂😂 (I mean how could I not?! Do you see this face?!! 😍❄️)

Let me tell you, I BAWLED my eyes out when I read this scene because it was so simple, yet so beautiful😍 and immediately went to find an artist who could bring it to life!! And @im_arc was the perfect choice!

I hope this illustration will push many other readers to go and read the final installment of the Twin Crowns Trilogy!! 👑

But do not worry! This might be the conclusion to Wren and Rose's story, but two spin-offs about two known beloved characters are on their way!!

We will return to this world in the future!! ✨️

❤️✨Here's to the authors who craft worlds worth getting lost in, and to the fans who keep the magic alive✨❤️

♡ This fanart is to celebrate the final book & the characters featured, so please keep comments respectful, thank you!

[scifrey]

NINE-TENTHS

Twenty-four is one year too young for a quarter-life crisis, but hey, Colin's always been an overachiever. He's got a degree in Sustainable Tourism, which his family says he's wasting as a barista, an annoying anxiety disorder, and no freaking idea what to do with his life. The only thing going his way is the cute coffee shop regular, a homo draconis named Dav (who, in his humanshape, is a total hottie.) Still, it'd be easier if Dav didn't have a habit of accidentally setting things on fire when he's startled. Like the café kitchen.

When Dav breaks draconic taboo and volunteers as a replacement bean-roaster to apologize for the inferno meet-ugly, sparks really fly. Everything's finally happening for Colin, until he learns that hooking up with Dav means that under dragon law, Colin is absorbed into Dav's hoard.

Possession may be nine-tenths of the law, but becoming his boyfriend's property does not make this whole identity crisis thing easier. Especially now that Colin must navigate politics, paparazzi, and legal questions about his personhood. Colin's still angling for his Happily Ever After, but the growing scrutiny on his relationship with Dav threatens their budding romance. And if he's not careful, Colin's fight for agency may just destroy symbiotic human/dragon relationships worldwide.

HOW TO READ

Click here to put the story in your Wattpad Library.

The first five chaps drop on Wattpad Jan 13th, 2024.

New chapters released Wednesdays & Saturdays.

Music: "A Thousand Years" by Perri & Hodges

Art by @seancefemme

[deanie-dhampir]

Blue garden faerie 💙🍃 What’s your favourite way of spelling the word? There’s so many variations! Fairy, faerie, faery, fae, fey, fair folk… If you have any fae/faerie/fairy book recs, drop them below! #OC #originalcharacter #gardenfairy #fairycore #faeriecore #fairy #faerie #fae #faecore #dressup #cosplay #cosplaygirl #bookrecommendations #bookrecs #fantasyromance #fantasyromancebooks #fantasyreads #romantasy #romantasybooks https://www.instagram.com/p/Co0NwKTStnT/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[elainapendragon]

Pronunciation Guide:

Drakabloð Sögur: DRAK-ah-BLODTH SOH-gur

Valhöll: VAL-holl

Alfheimr: ALV-hey-MUR

Ljósalfar: LYOS-al-VAR

Dökkalfar: DOCK-al-VAR

Svartalfheimr: SVART-alv-hey-MUR

Svartalfar: SVART-al-VAR

Íssalfar: EES-al-VAR

Jötúnheimr: YOET-oon-hey-MUR

Hýrralfar: HYEER-al-VAR

Múspellheimr: MOOS-pell-hey-MUR

Skögralfar: SKO-gur-al-VAR

Grœnnfell: GROEN-vell

Vanír: VAN-eer

Vanaheimr: VAN-a-hey-MUR

Þokalfar: THOK-al-VAR

Nídavellír: NEE-da-VELL-eer

Nærnin: NAYR-nin

Seiðberendr: SAYDTH-ba-REN-dur

Seiðragaldr: SAYDTH-ra-GAL-dur

Fafnir: FOV-neer

Vaeryn Téhlladen: VAY-rin TAY-la-DEN

Zephysus: ZEH-fi-SUS

Höddgardr: HOD-gar-DUR

Kuningaz Xekaara: KOO-ning-GAHZ za-KAR-ah

Raameshaz: rah-MEH-shaz

Hemaara: HEY-mar-AH

Zou’maal: zoo-MAHL

Ne’daag: NAY-dahg

Tal’mar: tal-MAR

Friðrs: fridth-THURS

Iilr: EEL-urs

Bilfjord Beast: bil-FYORD beest

Skjelkii: SKYEL-key

Fjorlagforað: fyor-LAG-vor-ADTHS

Nornadäg: NORN-uh-DAHG

Súnadäg: SOON-uh-DAHG

Múnadäg: MOON-uh-DAHG

Týrsadäg: TEERS-uh-DAHG

Wodensdäg: WO-dens-DAHG

Thorsadäg: THORS-uh-DAHG

Friggsadäg: FREEGS-uh-DAHG

Niflheimr: NIFL-hey-MUR

Hvergelmír: HVER-gel-MEER

Elivagar: EL-iv-AH-gar

Svöll: SVOL

Gúnnthra: GOON-thra

Fjörm: FYORM

Fimbulthúl: fim-BUL-thool

Slíd: SLEED

Hríd: HREED

Sylg: SILG

Ylg: ILG

Vid: VEED

Leipt: LAYPT

Gjöll: GYOLL

Ginnúngagap: GI-noon-GA-gahp

Ymir: EE-meer

Aurgelmír: ARE-gel-MEER

Audhumla: ODD-hum-LAH

Buri: BUR-ee

Börr: BOR

Bergelmir: BER-gel-MEER

Ask: OSK

Embla: em-BLAH

Sol: SOL

Mani: MAHN-ee

Bil: BEEL

Hjuki: HYOO-kee

Hati: HAH-tee

Sköll: SKOLL

Yggdrasíl: IGG-dra-SEEL

Hraesvelg: HRAYS-velg

Nídhöggr: NEED-hog-UR

Ratatösk: RAT-at-OSK

Modsognir: MOD-sog-NIR

Durin: DUR-in

Æsír: AY-seer

Frey: FRAY

Valfreyja: VAL-frey-YAH

Heimdallr: HEYM-dall-UR

Bïfröst: BIE-frost

Baldr: BAL-dur

Nänna: NAHN-nah

Ragnarök: RAG-nah-ROHK

Fimbulvetr: FIM-bul-VEYTR

Fenrisúlfr: FEN-ris-OOL-fur

Jörmúngandr: YORE-moon-GAHN-dar

Naglfar: NAHGL-var

Vígrid: VEE-grid

Gjállarhorn: GYAE-lar-HORN

Einherjar/Einherjerii: AIN-her-YAR/AIN-her-YAER-ee

Valhalla: VAL-hall-AH

Surtr: SUR-tur

Líf: LEEF

Lífthrasir: LEEF-thray-SEER

Gimlé: gim-LAY

Brimir: BREE-meer

Okolnír: oh-KOL-neer

Sindri: SIN-dree

Nidafjöll: NEED-ah-FYOL

Nastrond: nas-TROND

Drekivörðr: DREK-ee-VOR-dthur

Vandr: VAHN-dur

Rígurd: REE-gurd

Dögúl: DOH-gool

Bïfröstblaða: BIE-frost-BLADTH-ah

Sígarsholm: SEE-gars-HOLM

Galdyrbrynja: GAL-dur-BRIN-ya

Gleipnír: GLEYP-neer

Ellída: el-LEE-da

Vaettrhaerr: VAY-tur-HAYR

Izana: AYE-zan-AH

Fjörr: FYOR

Byardölf: BYARD-olv

Jarnir: YAR-neer

Alfhildr: ALV-hil-DUR

Rúnhildr: ROON-hil-DUR

Hildegardr: HIL-de-GAR-dur

Jarl: YARL

Skídbladnír: SKEED-blahd-NEER

Hneflagi: HNE-flah-GEE

Myennr: MYEH-nur

Keifdel Drekínalen: CAVE-dell drek-EE-nah-LEN

Vedthrelta: VED-thur-EL-tah

Lydia: lid-AYE-ah

Feldûrröst: fel-DOO-rost

Fjoðrbrandr: FYO-dthur-BRAN-dur

Asbjorn: AZ-bjorn

Zazyr: ZAZ-ur

Hráfnfär: HRAE-vin-VAR

Valdyrbjalla: VAL-dyur-BYAL-ah

Dàlr: DAH-lur

Múfnir: MOOV-neer

Ylette: YIL-ett

Reiyr: RAI-ur

Denris: DEN-ris

Laefden: LAYF-den

Alyr: AH-lyur

W’ei: wuh-AY

Aallviinaax: ALL-vee-NAX

Norðrljós: NOR-dthur-LYOS

Bleiðarak: BLIE-tha-RAK

Ornúsüm: OR-noo-ZOOM

Iirvaedín: ur-VAY-deen

Araelys: uh-RAY-lis

Ómakligr: OO-mok-LEE-gur

Eljúðnir: ael-YOODTH-neer

[takeeachdayonebookatatime]

@literarydust

Cover reveal for spindle of sin by Candace Robinson and Amber R. Duell

Blurb:

Welcome to the dark world of Grimm, where the villains are as wicked as their desires.

Aura was always destined to become the Starnight Prince’s bride following her twenty-first birthday. Now that the day has arrived, she looks forward to wedded bliss—and their first night together as husband and wife.

That is, until the savage dragon king from another court steals Aura away before the ceremony.

Hellbent on revenge, the King of Sin has been making careful plans to ruin the Starnight Prince. For years, he used lustful dalliances to battle his rage and bide his time. With Aura in his possession—the key to his vengeance—he’ll use her however he sees fit.

But whenever Aura is near, the King of Sin wants nothing more than to unlock her inner desires, make her crave his touch and long for the pleasure only he can give.

No matter the sin. No matter what is to become of her.

[thewoolleygeek]

A Court of Tangled Threads by Amanda Pillar

Synopsis Some goals are harder to achieve than others. Violet has only three, each one more impossible than the last: cure her sick sister, get a better job, and on the off chance she manages the first two—it would be great if she could avoid accidentally snatching souls along the way. Sounds easy, right? Wrong. When she finds herself trapped in the realm between the human world and the fae,…

[itsabookthing2021]

If you haven't already, then I highly recommend you read the Genie romance series by Brindi Quinn.

It starts with Come True, which is book 1 and introduces us to Dolly and Velis, and not to mention Arrik 🥵🔥

Granted is book 2 and follows on from book 1 with lots more shenanigans and more Arrik 🥵🔥

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[cocktailsfairytales]

The big day has finally arrived! Vice and Void by Sadie Hewitt is now available!

Vice and Void (The Savage Wolves Brotherhood Book 1)

Publication Date: November 19, 2024

Genre: Adult Fantasy/ Motorcycle Club Romance

✨Second chance romance

🖤Vigilante motorcycle club

✨Stolen blood magic

🖤Banished gods

✨Science vs. alchemy

🖤Touch her and 💀

✨He has her name tattooed on him

🖤Women in STEM

Dakota Montgomery knew she should have steered clear of The Savage Wolves Brotherhood. Now with a promising start to her career, the vow she made twelve years ago to keep her distance remains stronger than ever. But when her best friend suspiciously disappears, and her father dismisses her concerns, Dakota is forced to seek help from the vigilante motorcycle club and its second-in-command: her former flame, Callum Reynolds.

Callum Reynolds, still bearing the scars of nine wrongful years in prison, has his own reasons to assist Dakota Montgomery. A feud for territory with the club’s rival has caused a severe setback: the loss of their distillation warehouse. With Dakota’s Alchemist skills, there’s a chance to restore the stock before the Vanguard Syndicate comes to collect. In return, Callum pledges to use his network to investigate the disappearance of her best friend. However, any connection with Dakota or her Iron Guard father could jeopardize his hard-earned freedom.

The agreement with the Brotherhood thrusts Dakota into a treacherous underworld, where illicit alchemy and experimental magic fuels a dangerous game of depravity and addiction. Dakota must race against time to unravel the mystery of her best friend’s disappearance before it consumes her entirely–or worse, entangles her with Callum Reynolds and the Brotherhood for good.

Set in a modern-day world where the blood of extinct mythical creatures advances the creation of distillations, Sons of Anarchy meets occult science in this second-chance adult fantasy romance.

AVAILABLE ON AMAZON https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D5HP2JMM?maas=maas_adg_20C6375B85B94ED70F5842F6B5B78CD7_afap_abs&ref_=aa_maas&tag=maas

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[golden-heretic]

FOUR DAYS LEFT OF THE AVC SALE @ 99CENTS AVAILABLE ON KINDLE & KINDLEUNLIMITED

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🌹 A VERMILION CURSE ✨️

🏹 Baldur's Gate 3 meets BatCat 🐾

When a wandering scholar turned mercenary steps into a ransacked city in search of ancient wisdom to a forbidden religion, the last thing he ever expects is a dangerous woman with a price on her head who desperately needs his help.

Tropes Include:

🥂 decadent parties & aphrodisiacs

🔮 dark rituals of forbidden magic

🤝 Reluctant-Allies-To-Lovers

♥️ constant bickering

🗡️battle couple

🐾BatCat dynamic

🏳️‍🌈 Bi FMC x Demi MMC/Queer-normative world

☆ Adult ☆ Fantasy-Romance ☆ Now available in Kindle, Paperback & KindleUnlimited ☆

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We've got some new stickers in the shop! #romantasy #sticker #romantasybooks #booktok

[scifrey]

NINE-TENTHS

Part Two

"I've got it," Gem says, leaping at the chance to be helpful. "Four glasses?"

"Extra ice in mine," Stu calls at Gem's back as she breezes into the living room and over to the booze hutch. We all pretend Gem's not wiping at her eyes. "I gotta drive home."

"You're not staying?" Mum asks him. 

"One of my guys got in the weeds with something at the museum."

"But Colin's come all the way from St. Catharines," Mum protests. "I thought you'd at least spend the night."

"I have a perfectly good bed a ten minute drive away."

Mum's lips pucker. I hate seeing her unhappy, but what am I gonna do? Tie Stu to the chair and not let him leave? 

Ha.

"Could use your advice," Stu says to me. "Figure out the best place to—"

"I know what you're doing, and the answer is no," I say, but I force a smile through it. "Try all you like Stu-pid, I'm not coming to work with you."

"It'd be nice to see both my boys working in their Dad's company," Mum says, trying to keep the peace.

"I need a landscaper for the summer—"

"My degree is in environmental and sustainable tourism," I remind everyone. "I wrote my thesis on biodynamic viniculture. Not grass-cutting."

"It's all outdoors and nature, isn't it?"

"Give it a rest."

"It’s just a job," Stu presses. "I know you're still figuring out the career thing, but you gotta make money in the meantime—"

"I have a 'just a job'. Hadhirah pays as good as you, and I don't have to get eaten alive by bugs in the backwoods—"

"Orillia is hardly the 'backwoods'," Mum tuts.

 "I'm happy in St. Catharines," I say, trying to stay firm but non-confrontational, like Dr. Chen taught me. "I like my friends, and I like Beanevolence. I don't want to work for Stu when he has no idea what I actually do."

"It's not like I'm going to kidnap you and force you to wear a tool belt. Don't get your feathers in a ruffle, mo leanbh," Stu says, in his best imitation of Mum's Scots brogue. 

Mum was seven when she and my Nan emigrated to Canada to get away from Nan's horrid husband, and Mum still has that pretty Scottish burr. Doubly so when she gets off the phone with her half-sister Patricia. I wish you could inherit an accent. 

"Thank you for the offer," I say, baring my teeth. "But I decline."

"Suit yourself," Stu says. Stu rubs his hand through my hair, which, rude! Some of us actually style our hair and use product, like civilized people, Stuart!

"Plan to." I take a sip of my cold tea before I can say anything that will turn this into an actual argument.

"Need help, Gemmy?" Mum asks. As a way to change the subject, it's not a subtle one.

"I'm coming," Gem says, over the clink of glass tumblers on Dad's mid-century bar tray. Dad had a thing for cocktails and James Bond. Mom has a thing for a good peaty scotch, so it was a match made in a shaker.

Gem sets down four Old Fashions, extra ice in Stu's, and extra cherries in mine. Our "Slàinte mhath!" is maybe too forced, but whatever.

Casting around for something to start a new conversation, Gem says: "I like your shirt. It's not black."

"Oh, yeah," I say, stroking the olive button-down. It's a tight fit, one of those tailored shirts that makes me look gawky and skinny, but Mum always appreciates the effort. Gem is wearing one of those cute dorky matching summer-dress-and-cardigan sets she likes, and Stu is in a bright blue tee-shirt and dark jeans that are actually free of construction debris or paint. "Beks picked it."

Mum perks up. "And where is Rebekah? I expected her to drive you."

"Mum," I groan, and it's a waste of Dad's good Scotch and Gem's artful work, but I down the cocktail in one go.

"What?" she asks.

"They broke up last year," Gemma reminds Mum gently.

"Doesn't mean she's not still your friend. She could have driven you up."

"It's five hours, Mummers," I protest. "I don't want to be in a car with her that long."

"Maybe all you need is the chance to have a good conversation, sort out—"

"There's nothing left to sort out," I cut in sullenly. "Yeah, we're still friends, but that doesn't mean I can just let you ambush her—"

"Ambush!" Mum echoes, looking guilty enough that it's obvious she totally had plans. "I would never."

"You have," Gem reminds her. None of us have forgotten Gem's high school crush, and the inflatable kiddie pool.

"Well," Mum says, flustered and caught-out. "It still would have been nice to see her."

"You could have brought Caden," Gemma says with a sly eye-side.

"Choke and die." I offer up a sharkish smile.

"Colin!" Mum scolds.

"Who's Caden?" Stu asks. My himbo brother likes gossip just as much as his twin.

 "Breach of contract!" I snarl at Gem.

"There was no NDA," Gem says through her own knife-slice grin.

"Who's Caden?" Stu asks again, amused.

"He's no one," I insist.

Gem scoffs. "That's not what you—"

"He's no one now," I amend, fiddling with my glass, watching my ice cube melt and wishing I hadn't drunk it all in one go. I always feel like a jerk if I get up and refill before everyone else has finished. I'm not, like, an alcoholic, but I don't want my family thinking I am one. They already watch me like a time-bomb when it comes to mental-health shit. 

"Oh," Stu says, catching what I mean.

"You’ll just have to try harder next time," Mum says. It's meant to be pleasant and understanding, but I literally grind my teeth together so hard Gem shoots me a startled look. "I don't know what I've done wrong, that you can't keep a partner, mo leanbh."

"Gem and Stu are single right now too, Mum, it's not like—"

"Just remember what Dr. Chen said about needing stability, Colin. It's not good to jump from relationship to relationship like this."

That's skirting dangerously close to calling me a 'greedy bisexual,’ I think, but don't say, because that's not a conversation I want to have right now. 

"Cut Colin some slack," Gem says gently.

"I just don't know why Rebekah couldn't come up with you," Mum says, wringing her hands. "She was such a nice girl, and you were going to get—"

"You said you weren't going to bring that up," Stu stops her.

My stomach bottoms out, and I shove away from the table. 

"Just forget I said anything, okay?" Mum says. She pats my shoulder lovingly, and leaves to go turn on the TV. I hate when she does that. Can't argue at her back, cause she can't read your lips that way. Mum keeps her hearing aids turned down so she can't hear anyone or anything that isn't directly in front of her. It always bugged her when we screamed across the house.

The TV flicks on, the channel flips, and Stu stands up to peer into the living room when it stops on a program with someone singing in that high, signature ‘70s tone we are all very familiar with.

"Mum's watching Lawrence Welk reruns again," Stuart says accusingly as Gem starts to tidy up.

"Rebekah broke up with me," I snap.

"We know," Gem says. "Stu, when are you going?"

"Might as well be right now," Stu grunts. Then he comes around the table and wraps me up in a huge bear hug that has me dangling a few inches from the floor. "Have a good trip back tomorrow."

"Thanks," I wheeze, nose smooshed.

He sets me down and slaps my shoulder in a manly, hetero way. "Happy birthday."

"Just one year away from my quarter-life crisis. I'm thrilled."

"Will you have figured out what to do with your fancy degree by then?" 

"Har har."

"Oh!" Gem says, and turns away to rifle the junk drawer. She sifts through archeological layers of take-out menus, dried up pens, and loose Canadian Tire money and emerges with a rumpled, used-to-be-white envelope. "This came for you. Like, last year."

"Why didn't you forward it?"

"I'm not your secretary."

I take the envelope. "I was here at Thanksgiving. And Christmas. And Easter."

"I'd forgotten. Mum found it when she was looking for the birthday candles."

I slip the letter out of the envelope. The paper is textured and expensive. The letterhead is crowned with maple leaves, and a little flame. Underneath it says, From the Office of Lt. Gov. Francis A. G. Simcoe.

Dear Colin Fergus Levesque; the letter reads, in computer-generated font. On behalf of the office of the Lieutenant Governor of the province of Upper Canada, and in the name of her Royal Majesty, Elizabeth Regina, we are pleased to congratulate you on the occasion of your graduation from your post-secondary studies….

…blah blah blah.

"What is it?" Stu asks, looking over my shoulder. "Oh, one of those."

"Yeah." I chuck it into the recycling bin under the sink. "Just the same thing the dragons always send. Nothing special."

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[bordeldelivres]

🍁 AVIS LECTURE 🍁

Les fans de romantasy vont adorer. Des faes, des sorcières, une quête aux allures de vengeance et de l'amour (ennemies to lovers). Je me suis régalée.

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[elainapendragon]

An Eternal Hope: Summary

The world had ended once in Ragnarok, and was reborn into a beautiful paradise. But peace did not last long, and Vandr, Lord of All Evil, rose with his army of undead and set out to annihilate the lands. Were it not for the nine renowned heroes, the Drakahalr, Naernin would have fallen to darkness and chaos. The heroes lost their lives, and Vandr was prophesied to one day return…

But none of that is Valdyrbjalla’s problem.

At 16, she’s finally reached adulthood alongside her brother and sister, Jarl and Alfhildr, and the triplets long for glory; except, they only recently escaped from a hard life of thralldom and are now pirates, living in the dingy Black Markets of the searing deserts. Their entire life consists of only their small ship, cramped living quarters, and monotonous jobs. But Jarl wants to become an einherjar, and defend his country from orcish invaders. Alfhildr wishes to be a traveling bard, sharing her beautiful tunes in the halls of nobles. And Bjalla, however foolish it may sound, longs to become a dragonrider more than anything in the world.

And finally, their chance has come. The ancient light elf Keifdel Drakonsson and his dragon Vedthrelta, the leaders of the most elite force of warriors in the Æsír’s arsenal, the Drekivorðr, have just announced that they’re hosting a gladiatorial competition, the very first which allows the inclusion of criminals like herself– and the reward is fully-paid acceptance into the prestigious Hyveldirin Academy, plus a full pardon and a grand sum of coin. Elated but terrified to leave the relative safety of the Black Markets, she follows her siblings on an epic quest for freedom– which is where her problems start.

She’s constantly fearful of being taken by einherjerii, plagued with nightmares and reminders of the duke who was her owner. She’s small. She’s clumsy. She’s weak. She can barely lift her sword, let alone swing it. Walking for too long leaves her winded and dazed. And yet, she promised her mother that they wouldn’t compete unless they did it together. Now she’s going to be the end of her familys’ freedom if she doesn’t shape up.

But that’s not all. Her new teammates– Asbjorn and Mufnir (siblings), Reiyr and Ylette (twin elves), Zazyr (Keifdel’s own niece), and especially the rogue daemish dragonrider Hráfnfär make her nervous. Will they betray them? Will they leave them for dead in the arena fights? And gods, does the daemond have to be so interesting? Overcoming her trust issues is her second biggest problem.

The first is that there is required six month training before they can even start the arenas– and despite being stubborn enough to keep going until she drops, a little voice in her head (that sounds suspiciously like the duke’s) keeps insisting that no matter what she does, she will never be strong enough.

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