Ties of Shadow

A vengeful shadow. An obliging noblewoman. A mangled kingdom. Aelia is everything a noble woman should be - graceful, lovely and quiet, but as a motherless, magicless foreigner she often treated as a well-dressed servant. Helping her father make the queen's healing potions becomes harder as the Fire Prince battles off the violent shadow attacks from their enemy, the Shade. The battles poison the land, and the herbs to save the queen are drying out. Aelia will do anything to save her... or s...