I am warrior. I am wolf. I am afraid. ---------- The Promised were the witches' gift to the world, giving every single person a soulmate whether they deserved them or not. It brought the world a millennium of peace and prosperity with the four species finally living in harmony. However, Artemis Cirillo has never been able to imagine a life with her promised. She is an Agem, an elite royal guard assigned to protect the vampire princess with her life, who has lived a life of loss and will not watch anyone else die. So when she travels to Lycaon, she is horrified to find out she has been promised to Alpha Heir Prince Andreas Mycenaeans. Shaken by a failed assassination and the undeniable fact that someone in the palace is trying to kill the person she has been sent to protect, Artemis finds her familiar, structured life spiralling out of control. And, terrifyingly, the attraction between her and Andreas is growing stronger by the day, pulling him closer and closer to her and the tip of an assassin's blade.