The House of Starling

<p><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Hatred divides the elves by the color of flesh and the sharpness of steel.</em></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Crossing the border is forbidden. Raemian Starling knows the consequences better than most. As a renowned fighter in the Shay army she's fought the Bleck Larin for years. But when she's captured by the enemy Rae finds the last thing she would have expected-kindness. Forced to reevaluate friend and foe she puts her trust in the unlikeliest of places.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Gastel the youngest Bleck Larin prince has never left his home has never met a Shay and is entirely unprepared when the Shay's prized warrior is not the monster he'd anticipated. A decision to help Rae return home forces Gastel to face the true power he possesses and the reason his father has kept him hidden from the world. </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>But time isn't on anyone's side. An unimaginable power threatens their world one that cannot be defeated with a sword alone. Rae may be the only elf capable of confronting her queen and stopping the war but she'll need Gastel's help to bring balance to elvenkind. </span></p><p><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Lest their world cease to exist entirely. . . .</em></p>