Mbali_Xabela

The death of the High King’s only son initiates the King Trials; demanding the eldest pureblood from each Regnum. Aurora, the estranged and bastard-born daughter of Regnum Valwa, is the only female among eight other Herems. One of noble blood who lived her life in destitution, with her mother and her ill-stricken father and brother. She is blood-bound to compete in the King Trials on the bargain that if she represents Regnum Valwa, her father and brother will receive the treatment they so desperately need.

However, this is no easy feat, she is faced against ruthless rivals, dangerous mythological beings and creatures, forced to fight in bloody duels with an onslaught of death-defying challenges that forges a woman into a warrior; a scoundrel into a soldier. A chronicle of duty and bravery, a story brimming with riveting action, an enemies-to-lovers romance with war-provoking betrayals that reveal they are all pawns in a much larger game.

The King Trials: The Sajatai Saga

After my adrenaline-inducing victory. I return to the dungeons, the gaols of the underground. That is where he takes me to the water bank to informally tend to my wounds so I do not bleed to death. He takes his time cleaning them. None infected by any kind of metal poisoning. Whilst he nurses my injuries, binding them. Kelan does not say a word.

Not a slither of shock, excitement or even relief that I lived. Once again reverting to his state of stoniness, but he could not have worse timing. Meanwhile, a few of the Herems fight their solo matches against gladiators of their own. By the time Vince's match is announced, he has already returned.

The others are still to complete their solo matches after.

Chapter 42