A lost princess joins an enemy army to execute her traitor uncle, only to face the prince who broke her heart and a secret pregnancy that changes her war forever. At two years old, Princess Liora watched her family line bleed out when her treacherous uncle, Kade, slaughtered the King and Queen of Rohan. Smuggled away by a desperate servant, Liora grew up hidden in a remote valley, completely ignorant of her royal blood. To her village, she was simply the kind girl with a hauntingly beautiful voice they called “Singing Bird.” That voice captures the heart of Cas, a mysterious, striking traveler she meets by the river. But their quiet romance shatters when Liora’s hidden past violently catches up to her. In a single night, her foster mother is murdered, and Liora learns the brutal truth: “Cas” is actually Prince Cassiel of Vashiti—and he is already betrothed to another woman. Broken by the double betrayal, the innocent girl dies. Liora enlists in the infantry, climbing the ranks through sheer brutality to become the realm’s most feared commander. When she saves the life of Vashiti’s crown prince, Rayel, he claims her as his future bride. Liora accepts his ring, not out of love, but to infiltrate the royal court and execute her vengeance. When her crusade sparks a bloody war, Liora is hunted into exile, carrying a secret that changes everything. Years later, at the head of a ruthless, all-female vanguard, she marches on Vashiti’s gates for vengeance. Will she burn the kingdom to ash and drive a blade through Cassiel’s heart, or will the ashes of their past forge a second chance?