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

As much as Aster did not want to leave his little heaven, he could not slow the turning of the world. 


Three beautiful, blissful days he spent worrying about nothing but Jace. He spent no time thinking about his wedding, his fiancé, or the plans he had thereof. He spent every waking moment basking in the glow of their dancing stars. It was so relieving to not have to worry about anything else. 


But time moved along, as it always does: too fast. Jace healed exponentially because of the spring, and they couldn’t justify staying much longer.


So Aster found himself back in the palace again, with his wedding looming not one full month away. Before the springs, he would have been riddled with anxiety, spending every waking moment worried about their plan, about organizing the different players he had on his side of the game, about making sure everything was perfect. And while those things crossed his mind daily, he did not feel a sense of fear or dread. 


Chapter 32: Loose Threads