The Guardian and the Soulbearer
He was ordered to bring her to the capital.
He wasn't told he'd have to deliver her to her death.
Lyana has spent her life staying small, head down, hands in the soil, past buried where no one can dig it up. But when masked men tear into her home in the night, Ravenwood burns, and the quiet life she built shatters in minutes.
The man who saves her is no hero.
He is the Crown's knight, sent to find her, take her, and hand her over.
Kaiden is cold, controlled, and trained to obey.
Then Lyana's power slips out in his hands, and he realizes the rumors are true.
Lyana is not just gifted.
She may be the last Soulbearer, the one the King needs to awaken the dying Queen. Awakening the Queen demands a sacrifice.
Kaiden does the unthinkable. He runs with her.
They are hunted by the King and the Circle, and trapped by a prophecy that insists Lyana's life is the price of salvation.
Kaiden carries a secret no one can ever learn.
He is a prince declared dead, and the Queen's son.
If the Crown catches them, Lyana will be offered.
If the Queen rises, Lyana falls.
