Forbidden

The King of Telgardia is dead—and his killers stand poised to strike at his First Heir. At eighteen, Prince Breon Torchanes is already a Swordmaster-Knight and an experienced field commander. The House of Carhlaan and its allies are setting in motion a plot to capture the ancestral keep of the House of Torchanes before any alarm can be raised, and to wrest the Crown of Ivy from Breon before he has a chance to wear it. Khisrathi de Torchanes, the new Sorceress of Telgardia, vowed at her initiation to stand apart from wars of politics. Healing the sick and helping victims of the drought should be her only concern. But Breon is her cousin, and he will lose his life if he loses his crown. Although her magic was not enough to save his father, it could save Breon—and everyone else she loves—if she dares to do the unthinkable …