Nora and Kerran had been best friends, until one day, seven years ago, he decided to simply up and leave, never turning back. He never even told Nora goodbye.
7 years after Kerran left, Nora had joined the army and was now second in command. She got the highest rank after the queen, and became a protector of the royals. She was appointed the queen's royal guard and commander of her majesty's army. Highest honors. Her life finally had a purpose.
Or so she thought.
When a mysterious woman, (whose dramatic entrance into the city includes wrecking havoc on the city) sashays in, claiming to be the queen's long lost sister, and doesn't only come for the throne but also comes with Kerran by her side, Nora's world comes crashing with a bang and 'unimportant' and 'forgotten' emotions threaten to rise again.
With the revelation of the truth, and the exposure of the world as it is, Nora begins to question where Kerran's loyalties really lie.
Nora has to decide, which is more important, protecting her heart from Kerran or protecting the throne from Kerran and the queen's sister. But were those really her only two options?
I rated this book mature because of the mentions of violence in it.
Highest ranking:
#79 in throne out of 1.65k stories - June 6, 2020
#621 in forever out of 22.4k stories - June 6, 2020
#5 in allegiance out of 74 stories - June 27, 2020
(Highest #41 on 8/5/2020)
A/N This book is a stand-alone even though the first few chapters might seem confusing! It's one of those, starts in the middle and eventually unravels kind of a story :')
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I moved to peer through the thicket when her arm snaked around mine and she wildly shook her head. "You don't want to-" she whispered and I put my arm on her shoulder reassuringly.
"It will be okay." I whispered back as lowly as possible. Her frantic eyes tried to convey her message but there was no option. I had to see, see if I could help.
Holding my heart in my throat, I turned my head back and peered through the leaves.
It was not okay.
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At the start of her successful career, Flora Lori is running from a past, and a man, hoping to heal herself with time and distance.
But when she takes a long deserved vacation to a remote luxury hotel far away from home, little does she know that her life will be turned upside down by the one man she promised to never look at again.
Just recovering from a major betrayal, love is the last thing on the Alpha King's mind, but when a routine errand leaves him questioning all his choices, he sets out to convince the girl he once blamed for everything that he's the one for her, while simultaneously uncovering a sinister plot, that threw them both in this situation in the first place.