The Guardian and the Soulbearer

He was sent to bring her to her death.
But somewhere along the way...
He forgot how to let her go.

In the kingdom of Velmora, rebellion hides beneath silks and shadows. A dying Queen. A prophecy long buried. And a girl who doesn't yet know that fate has already claimed her.

Lyana has always kept her head down, her hands in the soil, and her past buried deep. But when masked men come for her in the night, everything she's ever known is ripped away. She doesn't know why they're hunting her. Only that the man who saves her-gruff, unreadable, dangerous-is no savior at all.

Kael was supposed to be a knight. Loyal. Silent. Obedient.

But he's also a son with a secret. A prince declared dead.

And the girl he's been sent to capture may be the key to bringing his mother-the Queen-back from the dead.

Now they're on the run, bound by a prophecy neither of them believes in and a growing bond neither of them wants.

But the deeper they go, the more dangerous the truth becomes.

Because Lyana isn't just a girl with strange gifts.

She's the last Soulbearer.

And to awaken the Queen...

She may have to die.