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

I look up as I heed the heavy steps that march into the bedchamber with a steady, authoritative gait. I glimpse the flashes of burgundy before Kelan reveals himself. His lengthy cape whispering behind him, armed in his full Primus uniform with his sword returned to where it belongs.

"Don't," I utter painfully. "Do not ask me how I fare because then I am reminded of how I wasn't home, spending what little time I had left with the father I love. Sacrificed for the one who's bidding, I do."

"Which you did for him," he counters. "You did this for your true kin. Your mother and brother who still need you, and in these dark times, even more so."

I gaze into those resolve-weakening eyes. But as it be. They hold an inexplicable weight, a weight that it seems he will offload on me.

Chapter 46