Forsaken (38 page)

Something powerful is stirring in the darkness. Something so ancient that even
creatures who've been alive for hundreds of years have long since discounted this new
threat as nothing more than myth.

Normal humans will be caught in the crossfire, but then that's always the way of
things. Geoffrey has no memory of his past life or any idea how to survive in the
violent, dangerous world in which he's trapped. Despite his best efforts, he's about to
find himself in the middle of a conflict that threatens to sweep away everything,
and everyone he's been fighting so hard to protect.

The invitation to join the secretive Guadel should have been the fulfillment of dreams
Va'del didn't even realize he had. When his sponsors are killed in an ambush a short time
later, he instead finds his probationary status revoked, and becomes a pawn between
various factions inside the Guadel ruling body.

Jain's never known any life but that of a Guadel in training. She'd thought herself
reconciled to the idea of a loveless marriage for the good of her people, but meeting
Va'del changes everything. Their growing attraction flies against hundreds of years of
precedent, but as wide-spread attacks threaten their world, the Guadel have no choice
but to use even Jain and Va'del in their fight for survival.

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