Rusted Crowns

<p>Raelynn Occishian was only eight when a mysterious fire killed her parents; her frantic claims about <strong>ravens blue flames and a horned man</strong> landed her in an asylum branded a murderer.</p><p>After ten years in the white-walled monotony of her medication-tinged reality her only escape is her best friend Lisa. But when a violent clash sends Raya crashing into a rusted iron door a prisoner with an otherworldly pair of icy blue eyes-and an infamous past as the <strong>Shadow Serpent assassin</strong>-entices her to set him free.</p><p>The moment she does her world begins to unravel. When Lisa goes missing Raya's path collides with the <strong>Fae realm her best friend had long proclaimed real.</strong> To uncover the secrets of her bloodline and save Lisa Raelynn must become the deadly weapon her father raised her to be.</p><p>Reluctantly allied with the Serpent she can't seem to escape Raya has a <strong>king to kill and a crown to claim.</strong></p><p>Her first step? <strong>Survive the Noctis Academy for Assassins-where you either graduate an Elite or die trying.</strong></p>