An Empire of Blood and Magic: 2

Just as planned, the wards are up. The trafficking should have stopped. It didn't. When Araya uncovers the truth about why the girls are missing, she is charged to dismantle the trade channels at their source. But the deeper she delves, the more her allegiance to her kingdom falters. How can she fight for the people, when they are the ones selling their own daughters? Far from her, Myran claws his way out of Ar'Haf with a single goal: become strong enough to stand beside Araya. But the dire wolf within him is changing, bleeding darkness and fury... and it may not be his to control much longer. >From his seat as the Pharaevine, Morwen watches it all unravel. Two anomalies-Araya and Say'in-threaten the safety of his Creed. He will not let them destroy what took him decades to build. Even if it means keeping chaos in check... or losing himself to it. In a world where power answers only to itself, control is an illusion-and it will raze kingdoms and empires.