Two Shadows, One Crown

They share a gift that has never occurred in four hundred years. The Council paired them officially. Neither of them agreed. Wren and Kade are assigned as training partners. She sets terms. He sets different terms. They train anyway, following neither set of terms exactly, both of them adapting. >During their first full combined Nightbinding session, something appears that is not quite either of them, a third presence, vast and precise, that both of them can sense and neither of them can control. The Council calls it the Paired Gift. Wren calls it the third thing. She has started noticing >By the end of the session they are both sitting on the floor. By the end of the book, he has almost made a decision. He says: I don't know yet. She says: that's a good start. She holds out her hand. He takes it. Neither of them lets go immediately. Then the moment ends and neither of them remarks on it. > Available on Kindle Unlimited. Read Book 1 first.