Tadek and the Princess

<p>From the author of the critically-acclaimed fantasy novel <em>A Taste of Gold and Iron</em> comes a sequel/spinoff novella about loyalty and grief:</p><p><br></p><p>Long before Tadek Hasira ever made it to the Gold Court to serve as one of the royal family's elite bodyguards and servants he was nothing more than a grubby street urchin in the poorest district of the capital city-that is until her Highness the Crown Princess Mihrişah held out her hand in kindness lifted him out of his circumstances and gave him a future to dream of.</p><p><br></p><p>But that was twenty years ago and tragedy befell the palace only a few years into Tadek's training. Ever since Tadek held his unwavering love and loyalty to his princess in silence. <em>No one</em> knows what she was to him and he is prepared to carry that secret for the rest of his life...</p><p><br></p><p>Unless someone-the <em>right</em> person-happens to find him standing vigil at her portrait. </p>