The Beast and the Bough - Paperback

by M. K. Abben (Author)

Audrei Valenor has spent years surviving in the shadows of a world that erased her family and fractured her future. When a chance encounter places her in the path of Kael Astrund-a powerful and enigmatic leader with secrets as dangerous as the enemies hunting them both-Audrei is pulled into a conflict far larger than herself.

As tensions rise across the continent and the balance of power begins to shift, Audrei is forced to confront the truth of what she is and what she may become. Kael, bound by duty and haunted by a fate he cannot fully escape, walks a dangerous line between control and collapse. Drawn together by a connection neither fully understands, their alliance becomes something far more volatile-and far more necessary-than either of them intended.

But in a world where power is weaponized, truth is buried, and destiny is anything but kind, survival comes at a cost. As ancient forces stir and the threat of a coming reckoning looms.