In a world divided by war, peace is the greatest temptation-and the most dangerous risk.
Laela, a defiant elf of the forest kingdom Baequinnanea, has spent her life fighting for her people's survival. Agile, cunning, and fiercely loyal, she knows the cost of war all too well. When she's chosen to represent her kingdom in a precarious peace treaty, she's thrust into an unfamiliar neutral city-and into the company of her sworn enemy.
Thosar, the cold and calculating crown prince of the powerful elven empire Banniurdrenn, sees the treaty as a political game. To him, Laela is little more than a naive wildling, out of her depth and beneath his notice. But as the two are forced to work together in this fragile truce, their differences spark more than animosity.
Amid shadowy betrayals and hidden agendas, Laela and Thosar must navigate a web of lies-and their growing connection. But with centuries of hatred between their people, can they truly build peace? Or will their fragile bond shatter under the weight of duty, loyalty, and the dark temptations of power?
Two enemies. One chance for peace. And a choice that could change their world forever.
A week later, one of her professors died. A heart attack, they said. Quick. Peaceful.
That was when she saw him again.
Same coat. Same silence. Same eyes like frozen glass.
And something in her whispered: He was there before it happened.
She should have walked away then. She should've listened to the smarter, safer part of her.
But it had been a long time since she had felt anything that wasn't grey.
And he was the only thing she'd seen in months that didn't feel real.
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