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

The sound of the snapping twig snapped Rowan’s moment of contemplative peace. In one fluid motion, he had his sword drawn from its sheath on his hip and pointed in the direction of the noise. At his side, Eddie was rigid and gripping the handle of the dagger on his belt. The hair on the back of Rowan’s neck stood on end, and a small growl bubbled in his throat. 


“Whoa, whoa!” Came an unfamiliar voice. The person who’d startled them stepped out from the brush, hands held up in surrender. Some beta, Rowan figured, dressed in rags and unarmed. “I come in peace!” He urged. 


Rowan doubted that. It was unnerving, coming across someone on their search. It couldn’t be a coincidence, and it set him on edge. “State your purpose and state it quickly. Have you been following us?”


Chapter 22: Reunion