AdriTahara
Four outcasts. One kingdom built on lies.
"They call it duty, as if duty has ever spared anyone from being sacrificed."
A princess no one wanted.
"Kings die, crowns fall, and yet people like me are still expected to bleed for them."
A guard with nothing to lose.
"Magic has rules. Power does not. That's the problem."
A mage who knows too much.
"I wasn't sent to kill you this time. But we both know that could change."
And an assassin who was sent to kill.
Power is shifting, and the kingdom is on the brink of unraveling. Each of them has their own reasons to run but staying alive means working together. Betrayal lurks behind every vow, enemies wear the masks of allies, and the deadliest threat might not be the one waiting in the shadows-but the secrets they keep from each other.