To Keep a Promise
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Is it possible to keep a promise when you start to question your mission?
Eve is a soldier, trained up by the best master in all of Nadora. Now she finds herself on a mission to gather intel on the biggest threat to the Kingdoms safety. Infiltrating the Royal Family of Corisan seems easy enough when you're friends with the Princess.
But as secrets come to light and the castle is attacked, she finds herself questioning where her loyalties lie. And then there is the case of that pesky, arrogant and incredibly handsome Prince...
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