Blood Soaked the kingdom of Aylhm after a horrid slaughter. Kastell, the true heir to thethrone, vanished from the public eye, hidden away to protect the last of King Vor's bloodline.After a sheltered early life, Kastell returns to take her rightful place. During her absence the warworsened. Vengeance and hostility consumed the Ayles and the Arvors, shape-shifting beasts.While a famine raced to take Alyhm, the Royal Collective obsessed over the prospect of afuture King, willing to match Kastell with even the most wicked and cunning man. Betrayal wasclose. Secrets were guarded at the gates of every man's heart. Every lie and deception clawed ather as the truth crawled into the light.Famine was at the door, ushered across the land by the dark magic of an untamedWarlock, Gideon the Grave. Innocent lives were lost in the name of vengeance and war. Howmany needed to die? Peace was garnered even if it had to be by the hands of ancient...