When Hector goes to Old Corona to visit Quirin, what he finds is not at all what he expects. Now he and a very injured Varian are on the run from the royal guards. For all he said he would never have a family outside of the Brotherhood, his mind is made up: no one is touching his nephew. But the past doesn't die easily, and shadows of days gone by threaten to tear the small family apart. Two lives-the battle-hardened warrior and the child who had to fight for survival-are tossed into the fight again as the war between Sundrop and Moonstone grows ever stronger. Part 1 of the Blood Oaths trilogy Originally posted on AO3 Cover art by @CelineLacan! Used with permission