The Touch Of War

For decades, the kingdoms of Arkuth and Mirosa have waged a merciless war, leaving generations to inherit nothing but bloodshed and hatred.

The conflict should have ended years ago-until the Queen of Mirosa was found dead after trying to negotiate peace, reigniting a war that has consumed both kingdoms ever since. Now, with countless lives lost and neither side victorious, an uneasy alliance is forged between the children of the very rulers who have spent their lives trying to destroy one another.

Princess Mira Loers is the kingdom's greatest weapon. Blessed-or cursed-with the power of Mimic, a single touch allows her to steal another's gift as her own. Feared by those around her and denied the comfort of even the simplest touch, she has spent her life as a tool of war rather than a daughter.

Prince Greyson Varient, heir to Arkuth, possesses a gift no one can hide from. Every lie, every secret, every unspoken thought has always belonged to him before it belonged to anyone else. Until he meets Mira.

For the first time in his life, there is silence.

Unable to hear her mind, Greyson becomes consumed by the one mystery he cannot solve. And when their paths cross on the battlefield, that silence becomes an obsession neither of them can escape.

As fragile peace settles over the kingdoms, long-buried secrets begin to surface-revealing that the war they have inherited was built on lies, and that the truth behind Mira's mother's death could destroy everything they have ever believed.

Bound by duty, divided by blood, and drawn together by powers that should never coexist, Mira and Greyson must decide whether love is worth betraying their kingdoms... or whether some wars were never meant to end.