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Inara- a half harpy, was born in Ezruk and lived imprisoned with her mother. The two harpy's escaped only for Inara to get taken to another land. She learned to survive in silence; watching, listening, waiting. Her only inheritance? A name passed down from the healer who once helped her mother bring her into the world and the lingering ache of not knowing where she truly belongs. Her identity split, never feeling whole, like she belongs to no world. Inara was all alone until she befriended a prince who helps her get an apprenticeship in medicine and hide her identity.
Altan, the second-born prince of Kogolistan, bears the weight of duty without complaint. A prince bound by duty and shadowed by expectations. As "second-born", he was never meant to rule but that doesn't stop the pressure of the court. His only refuge is the girl in the yurt at the edge of the forest-the one who looks at him like he's just a man, a friend, not a crown.
Their stolen moments are quiet, tender, dangerous. But when a foreign prince hears rumors of a winged girl in Kogolistan and sets out to capture her, everything begins to unravel. With the threat of discovery looming and his heart already too far gone, Altan must protect the girl he's forbidden to love... even if she hates him by the end of it.