
It was probably very handy in the middle of battle. There was something about his voice that made people want to obey. “Go away.” Elara dipped her fingers into a small tub of lotion. She would manufacture the glow for the sake of her people.


She couldn’t care less about what it looked like, but the wedding had to appear genuine. Rook nodded and slipped outside the door.

That meant he would be at her door in a minute. He pulled on his pants and ran outside to the construction crew. The woman didn’t have an ounce of loyalty in her. That was the one thing that always set her teeth on edge about Vanessa. Both are infamous for betraying their allies, so how can they create a believable alliance to meet the challenge of their enemies?Īs the prophet says: “It is better to marry than to burn.V: If the Lady didn’t want me here, she would tell me.Įlara read the rest of the conversation. Desperate to shield her people and their simple way of life, she would accept help from the devil himself-and Hugh d’Ambray might qualify. Tasked with their protection, she’s trapped between the magical heavyweights about to collide and plunge the state of Kentucky into a war that humans have no power to stop. Her enemies call her Abomination her people call her White Lady.

Fast.Įlara Harper is a creature who should not exist. Hugh knows he must carve a new place for himself and his people, but they have no money, no shelter, and no food, and the necromancers are coming. Hugh is a shadow of the warrior he was, but when he learns that the Iron Dogs, soldiers who would follow him anywhere, are being hunted down and murdered, he must make a choice: to fade away or to be the leader he was born to be. Now his immortal, nearly omnipotent master has cast him aside. Hugh d’Ambray, Preceptor of the Iron Dogs, Warlord of the Builder of Towers, served only one man. No day is ordinary in a world where Technology and Magic compete for supremacy…But no matter which force is winning, in the apocalypse, a sword will always work.
