By the Bone
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Last published Mon, Jan 30, 2023
Science-fantasy, romance
From a lineage of warriors, Ira was raised a weapon, her bones cast in metal, her heart set in ice. Unlike many of her warrior kind Ira was born amongst nobility, torn between the world of battle and tournament, and the world of royalty. She has only ever known honour, pride and blood, but when Ira stumbles down into the icy streets below the city in order to push her training, she falls too far. Finding herself in a new world of dark uncontrolled powers, and angry, rather alluring men, danger and betrayal of the catastrophic and magical kind await Ira upon the icy horizon. With the kingdom donned in a thick web of lies, her only friend a jealous prince, and the discovery of dark magic in their city, her world is thrown into bloodied chaos.
Where will her heart lie when the choice is forced upon her? What will guide her blade in the dark end? Her honour or her heart?
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