THE GUARDIAN'S BETRAYAL

THE GUARDIAN'S BETRAYAL

Ruby guards a devastating secret: Lady Katrin Amersham's "kidnapping" is an elaborate fabrication-a lie Ruby herself carefully constructed. Now forced to join the official search party, she walks a knife's edge, knowing her deception will inevitably crumble before Lord Amersham and his Council. Then comes the revelation that changes everything. Lord Amersham reveals the Great Mage Avon Asmire bound Ruby's life-force to Katrin's years ago through ancient magic. As long as Katrin lives, so too shall Ruby. But Ruby knows the horrifying truth. Katrin is dead? So why is Ruby still breathing? Is she already slipping into madness, or is there more to the mage's spell than anyone understands? Driven by desperation and clinging to a fragile hope for survival, Ruby joins Captain Kallum Langtree, Weapons Master Orion Crumble, and the enigmatic Mage Asmire himself on a perilous quest into lands where dark secrets lurk and nothing is as it seems. With each step forward, Ruby's lies and her life hang in increasingly precarious balance.