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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When they reached the fighting pits, they could see Enforcers just finishing rounding up the remaining citizens of Lupercal, forcing them into the arena floor rather than into the stands. The only reason Aster could think of for them to do that was to make sure that everyone was up-close and personal with the gallows. Gruesome, if true, but completely within Burley’s wheelhouse.


“Keep an eye out for Nat,” Aster whispered to Jace. “She’ll be here to meet us if she got my message…”


Chapter 49: The Rising Sun