𝐈 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐧 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐟…

With a corrupt magistrate breathing down my neck, a magical affinity to keep hidden, and my 𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘭𝘺 illegal propensity for relic hunting, it’s all I can do to keep Aunt Grace and myself from destitution.

There’s no time left for anyone else!

Not the far-too-cheerful mage, Lord Elimri Westin, who feels indebted to me for saving his life. Nor the prickly monster-hunter, Lynk, who seems to think his job includes protecting me. And 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘭𝘺 not Jaiel, the smug Fae prince who cares for nothing but himself.

No. I’m better off on my own.

But the magistrate won’t let up, and one brief conversation with his wife makes my whole world crumble.

Now, my last chance at keeping Aunt Grace safe lies in locating a rare relic in the ruins near our estate.

𝐈𝐭‘𝐬 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈‘𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐮𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐯𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐢𝐭…𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐝𝐨 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞?

𝙈𝙚𝙚𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙗𝙗𝙤𝙧𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙆𝙖𝙞𝙮𝙖 𝙈𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙤𝙩𝙝 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙣𝙛𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙚𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣–𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙙 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙄𝙨𝙡𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙁𝙤𝙧𝙨𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙣 𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨 – 𝙖 𝙨𝙡𝙤𝙬–𝙗𝙪𝙧𝙣 𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙖𝙙𝙪𝙡𝙩 𝙍𝙃 𝙛𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙨𝙮 𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚.

*𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘴𝘵𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘣𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘵–𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴, 𝘵𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘢𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘱 𝘧𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘺…𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶!*