Shadows of Ash: A Veilbound Saga

I was sent to persuade Aerin Morran to join our cause. By order of Tiernan himself.What should have been a straightforward negotiation became a masquerade of silk, secrets, and enemies wearing borrowed faces. Worse still, the prince we needed was tied to the very bloodline we were meant to destroy.Cassias was only supposed to keep me alive while I handled the diplomacy. Instead, he tackled Aerin into the thorn bushes, traded blows with a fae prince, and somehow altered the course of everything that followed.Aerin agreed to help us, but not because of anything I said. From the moment Cassias tackled him into the thorn bushes, I may as well have ceased to exist.And Cassias, to everyone’s lasting inconvenience, looked right back.Now the fae are emerging from hiding, Purists are striking without restraint, and Vaelith is already laying the groundwork for another genocide.All of it born from a single reckless choice.Two men who should have destroyed each other...but didn’t.And I have a feeling we are all going to pay for it