His enemy's courtesan. Her only chance of escape. A SECRET ASSASSIN As war threatens to return to Draykemire and tensions between the courtier and noble classes grow, nobleman-by-day assassin-by-night Lord Silas Graveston has a choice to make-Ignore the insult to his family strutting about the queen's palace on the arm of his enemy or endanger his recent promotion as the public right-hand of his duke. A CAPTIVE FAE The provocation-a stolen emerald necklace-and the fae who wears it are both more than they appear. The necklace bears layered enchantments tantamount to a curse, and the fae cloaks herself in as many secrets as Silas himself. Her name is Natalya Slipshayde, and she's come to the court for a single purpose. Revenge. A MISSING HEIR Neither Silas nor Natalya realize that they're tangled in forces far greater than treacherous courtly wiles and personal vendettas. There's a battle for the future of Draykemire being waged behind the whispers of the court. And at the center of that battle, the search for a missing fae heir who's the key to the future of both the kingdom and her world.