Bearing the Mark

Renée Allen grew up listening to stories of how Royals came to be, and the difference between them and Regulars. She knew those tales like the back of her hand so when she met Camden over a dead body, she knew she was in trouble. Their relationship is like wildfire, beautiful and blazing with every risk of getting burned. And eventually, she is burned. Gun to her back with nowhere to go, she's taken to the mountains in Chad, Africa and brainwashed into thinking the one person she loves is the reason for the pain she endures now.