![]() Two people brought together by the trappings of duty and politics will discover they are destined for each other, even as the powers of a hostile kingdom scheme to tear them apart. Bound to her new husband, Ildiko will leave behind all she’s known to embrace a man shrouded in darkness but with a soul forged by light. ![]() Resigned to her fate, she is horrified to learn that her intended groom isn’t just a foreign aristocrat but the younger prince of a people neither familiar nor human. Harkuf either didnt hear the exchange between the queen and Ildiko or. Ildiko, niece of the Gauri king, has always known her only worth to the royal family lay in a strategic marriage. Brishen leaned forward for a quick glimpse of his brother at the other end of the table. ![]() Always a dutiful son, Brishen agrees to the marriage and discovers his bride is as ugly as he expected and more beautiful than he could have imagined. Her fluency in the Kai speech was adequate enough that she understood a portion of his remarks regarding the ugliness of human women. ![]() ![]() A trade and political alliance between the human kingdom of Gaur and the Kai kingdom of Bast-Haradis requires that he marry a Gauri woman to seal the treaty. Brishen’s body against her back had been the only thing that kept her from bolting out of the throne room when the king flashed his black-fanged smile at her. Brishen rose as well and captured her hand, surprised at its warmth when he had. Brishen Khaskem, prince of the Kai, has lived content as the nonessential spare heir to a throne secured many times over. Wraith King, Tome 1 : Radiance de Grace Draven. ![]()
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