Oath of Betrayal (The Broken Bonds: Slavic Fantasy #1)

A s soon as I left Ihrain at the capital, I had told Vahin to take us to my family’s residence. Now I was waiting patiently in my brother’s war room for Reynard to return from the court, wondering why the hell he’d called me this time.

I’d wanted to spend some time with Ani just to reassure myself she was settling in. But between the patrols, managing the fortress, and flying between the capital and the other two dragon rider strongholds, I’d barely had time for this.

That the burning need to see her now distracted me from my duties was disconcerting. Why does it even matter? She’s not for me . The Dagome court’s betrayal of our people stripped me of what little choice I had.

I looked at the map in front of me. The Dagome Kingdom was the closest to the Barren Lands and would likely take the brunt of any attack. Even with Care’etavos and Lumivitae—the dark fae empire and light fae kingdom, respectively—supporting us, most of the fight would happen on our soil, and that was always disastrous for the innocent.