Touraine was stolen from her homeland as a child and raised to fight for the empire that conquered it. Now she’s a soldier, loyal only to her fellow conscripts. But when her company is sent to crush a rebellion in the very land she was taken from, bloodlines and old loyalties begin to fracture her resolve.
Princess Luca has her own war to fight. Determined to claim the throne from her uncle, she seeks a pawn who can sway the rebels and secure peace—on her terms. Touraine is the perfect candidate.
Between war rooms and whispered bargains, assassinations and betrayals, the two women circle one another with equal parts ambition and desire. But in a land torn apart by rebellion, some bargains can only be paid in blood.
