Mend What Remains

Elara Verran has spent her entire life learning two things: how to protect the people she loves and how to survive without the parents she lost to the rebellion.

Now, as one of the marked children forced into the Riders Quadrant at Basgiath War College, survival is no longer something she can take for granted.

At Basgiath, kindness can be mistaken for weakness, friendships can become liabilities, and every day brings another opportunity to die. But Elara has never been particularly good at standing by while someone else is in danger-even when helping them puts her directly in the line of fire.

As she forms unexpected friendships and finds herself drawn closer to the marked riders who understand her past better than anyone else, Elara begins to discover that the rebellion left behind far more than scars. There are secrets buried within Navarre, truths worth killing to protect, and questions about her parents that no one seems willing to answer.

And then there's Garrick Tavis.

Infuriating, relentless, and far too observant, Garrick seems determined to notice every injury Elara ignores, every meal she skips, and every time she puts someone else's life before her own. The closer they become, the harder it is for Elara to pretend that surviving for everyone else is enough.

Because in a place where death is expected and sacrifice is praised, Elara may have to learn the one thing no one ever taught her:

Saving everyone means nothing if she loses herself in the process.