The Barbarian’s Vow (Barbarian Duet #2)

W hen Jem had thought of the mainland and home—all the moments he’d ached for it—he’d never once imagined he would find it changed.

He’d daydreamed endlessly of Neuvella and his family and their beautiful castle surrounded by lush forests. Just as he’d taken refuge in his aviary by the clear blue lake growing up, he’d escaped there in his mind. The only unknown he’d pondered was the dungeon below the castle.

He’d never ventured to the dungeon built into the hill on which the castle stood. Why would he? But he’d spent hours of the interminable voyage imagining that shadowy, dank place. Days even.

For when he told his mother of the plot to kidnap him, Cador and his treacherous family would be locked away as they deserved, and Jem would finally feel safe.