Phaedra was born a slave to the streets, until she saved an empress.

Pulled from the slums of the Sarri Empire and trained as a Royal Guard, Phaedra finds freedom, power, and a dangerous longing for the woman she swore to protect. But when the empress is kidnapped, and the war consumes the empire, Phaedra is forced to confront the cost of loyalty, love, and survival.

Haunted by the battle and hunted by political enemies, she must decide where her allegiance truly lies--- before love becomes betrayal, and duty demands blood.