Prey

Cast out at birth and raised as a servant, Arimathea grows up believing she is nothing more than the King's shameful secret - until the day Queen Valeriana sends for her, and welcomes her through the golden gates in a moment of love and grace that will be told for generations. Surrounded by warmth, luxury and the open affection of her new mother and brothers, she finally feels she belongs. But not every eye watching is happy. High in the storm clouds above the palace, two silent figures look down - one heavy with ancient grief, one cold and hard as stone - and while the whole world calls her Princess Arimathea, the boy in the shadows gives her a name no one else will ever know: Ari. A name he will not speak for eleven years. And deep beneath the palace, a forgotten ring glows once in the dark, waiting for the day the fairy tale finally cracks open to reveal what has been hiding in the dark all along.