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

When Aster woke again, his head was pounding and the light hurt. Wait… light? Wasn’t it night just now? He was just sleeping in his bedroll, and then-


Then, his conscious mind came to. He remembered being pulled out of sleep, the rough, grabbing hands, the cloth and how his head felt so light and so heavy all at once. His eyes snapped open and he instinctively jumped into action. The light still hurt his eyes and he couldn’t quite see yet, but he knew immediately that he was in danger. He tried to push himself up, but his arms wouldn’t move, something was pinning them to his back. His legs moved freely, albeit sluggishly, and he tried to shift his weight enough to push himself over and sit up. 


Chapter 19: Rogues of the Shattered Everglory