Sparta, but make it post-apocolyptic. Lelex is furious to be withdrawn from the prestigious soldier training, Agoge, to take the place of his missing older brother, the heir apparent, in training to become king. Determined to find his brother and rejoin his military training, Lelex must trust his only ally, his little sister. For no apparent reason, there is an assassin posing as a servant trying to kill him. Everybody at court has a secret, and if there's anything Lelex knows from Agoge, it's that he can trust no one but himself to set things straight. Mistaken identies, murder, revenge, and betrayal abound. And Lelex has a deep, dark serect, one that with undoubtedly get him killed. The kids are definiltey not all right.
Trigger/Content Warning: nothing major, some brief abuse, some voilence.
****THIS IS A SEQUEL. To be able to follow this story, please read "Unravelling" first****
Lily has started into the new year with a mixture of confusion, curiosity, anticipation - and dread. Ever since her oldest brothers revealed some of the truth about their family's past, the 12-year-old soon-to-be-teenager is struggling to come to terms with all the new and partially heart-breaking information.
For the first few months of the year, Lily has tried to stay true to her word and not dig any further into their past, at least not until Alex, her guardian, is willing to share more details with the younger kids. However, Lily's patience is slowly running out. So many things are occupying her mind. She is convinced that there is still a lot more to discover about her family, and she is not willing to wait much longer.
What is their father's story and can she locate him? How did her sister die? When will she see Finn again? Why is Sean really moving back home? And what is the reason behind her brothers' weirdly secretive behavior?
With the help from her friends and some of her siblings, Lily continues her journey of gradually unravelling her family's secrets. Will she be successful? Will the implications of her discoveries slowly dissolve her family or is she able to save these fragile relationships before it is too late?
Join Lily once again as she juggles school, friends, family (meetings), the general challenges of growing-up, creepy stalkers, some tragedies and maybe even her first encounter with something akin to a crush in these rather eventful months of her life.