-"Take me with you."- Tatiana's parents were brutally murdered at a young age, for treason. After being taken in by the king of Ansmere she finds herself fighting against everything his rule stands for and faces an arranged marriage with the second son of the King of Melketh. All of her life, she's felt different from everyone else, and the proof lies in her blood, and her pointed ears. When the four deities of Ansmere and the Saraphine made Tatiana, the Cradle; an object that's believed to keep the balance of life and death broke. As war breaks out across the land, will she learn to control Darkefyre in time? Book one of the Darkefyre trilogy.