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

Our circular clump tightens into a single line as we flock towards the elongated staircase leading up to the top deck. Once I reach the foot, something in my periphery demands my attention. Attracting my eye, Primus Kelan captures my gaze.

Awash by a brilliant noontide sun. Armed in his full Primus uniform, burgundy armour gleaming, his cape rustling in long ripples behind him. His hand rested on the pommel of the sword, inky eyes fixated on me, undistracted by the wisps of black that flutter along his forehead and temples, the rest of his luxuriant hair slicked back, the sides maintained to a low fade.

I have not spoken to him in weeks.

"Hera Aurora, if you do not mind," Markiveus says, his insolent tone grated by irritation. "Some of us are eager to board the ship of doom and sail to our deaths."

Chapter 48