Captive of Kings

Bennington was built and ruled by three gangs.
At least, that's what everyone was told.

Vale ruled the East. Quiet, controlled, and dangerously underestimated. They kept peace when it benefited them, but behind closed doors they erased enemies so cleanly it was as if they never existed at all.

Tyrant ruled the South with bloodshed and fear. Chaos followed them like a shadow, and their endless war with the North had stained the streets red for decades. When Tyrant came for someone, the city heard it first.

Then there was Kingston.

Kings of the North.

The monsters people whispered about behind locked doors.
You never saw Kingston watching.
You only realized once it was too late.

Erin Loveland spent her entire life believing she was ordinary. Just another girl trying to survive in a town ruled by violence, secrets, and gangs she knew better than to cross. Staying close to Hayes Harrison, the heir to Vale, was dangerous enough, but Erin never imagined one careless mistake would drag her into the middle of a war bigger than Bennington itself.

And the West?

The people of Bennington believed the West was empty. Abandoned. Dead land left to rot after some long forgotten tragedy.

But the gangs knew better.
The West wasn't gone.
It was hidden.

Protected by secrets, buried alliances, and an oath none of the gangs were allowed to break.
Until Hayes Harrison stole from the North and accidentally led them straight to Erin Loveland; the girl no one was ever supposed to find.

Because Erin isn't just another citizen of Bennington.

She's the lost daughter of the West's last ruler.
Now Kingston is watching her. Tyrant wants answers. Vale will burn the city to protect her. And somewhere beneath the lies her mother kept buried is the truth about her father, the West, and the brother she never knew existed.

And if the truth about the West ever reaches the rest of the city, Bennington won't survive the fallout.