When his younger sister is propositioned by the Tyrant King, Aster steps in to take her place. Just when he fears he must face this fate alone, the King assigns Rowan the Black to protect him—an Enforcer Knight with a tortured past. Despite his cruel reputation, Aster can't shake the feeling that Rowan is familiar to him. Haunted by memories of his lost childhood sweetheart, Jace, Aster must now navigate a veritable political chess game he wasn't at all prepared for. 

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“Flowers like the rose are needed for so many reasons,” Aster said. “The ground needs their roots, bees need their pollen, and animals need their leaves. So they do what they can to survive, by any means necessary. Does that mean a rose is evil for growing thorns?” He looked up at Rowan.

Rowan kept his eyes on the rose. He didn’t seem convinced. “A single rose has never caused as much pain as I have, Aster.”

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Broken Vows is created by Alex Agar, an EGlobal Creative Publishing signed author. 

BRoken Vows

“Do you even know what you’re doing yet?”


Aster looked up at Nathalya as she posed the question. His fingers trailed across a sheer, beaded fabric that glistened like starlight. For a second, he considered the question, looking across the table full of bolts of white and pastel fabrics of all sorts. 


“Well,” he mused. “I liked the design you drew up the other night…?”


Nathalya shook her head. “Aster, the thread we’re weaving…?” She tilted her head, and the tone in her voice indicated this wasn’t about his wedding garb.


Ah. He glanced over his shoulder. The chambers he’d invited Nathalya and her wife to stay in were in the main castle keep, but he’d had all this fabric sent in from town, and the only table that could hold all of it was in the dining hall. The King’s guards were everywhere. It would be best if they spoke discreetly, like Nathalya said when they first began. 


Chapter 14: Weaving Words