The Fated Series
He had traded all of that for… this.
Jalen slammed his fist against the desk, startling himself with the sound.
The reports waiting for his signature glared back at him.
Green Briar. Silver Haven. Both growing bold, circling Pearl Pack like wolves scenting blood. Border raids, resource skirmishes, whispered alliances. War loomed on the horizon, thick as storm clouds.
Could he prevent it?
Or was he leading his people straight into ruin?
His mind dragged him backward, unwilling, into memory.
The bogg. The mud, the stench, the clash of steel and claw. Warriors screaming, bodies colliding in the dark swamp water. And Evandra—gods, Evandra—fighting beside him.