Author: meredithhart

In the ruins of a once-grand noble estate, Lord Vethe Scarvian awakens with no recollection of how he survived mage fever. As he prepares to travel to Mayhaven to present an unwanted betrothal contract to a noblewoman he’s never met, Vethe wonders what price he must eventually pay for the dark magic that saved his life. And he wonders if a certain lady guard would wish to see him again. Back in … him again. Back in her family’s guild, Lyria Guardia is haunted by her memories of the infuriatingly attractive wildmage she pulled through the Demon Forest. Her new…

He’s a fire mage who’s lived his entire life on the wrong side of the King’s law.She’s a guard desperate to prove herself.Together, they will enter the legendary Demon Forest. Vethe Scarvian is a direct descendant of the man who almost destroyed humanity. And that plus a couple of coppers will buy him another beer. When his aunt reveals the existence of a long-lost betrothal agreement hidden … existence of a long-lost betrothal agreement hidden somewhere in the ruins of the Demon Forest, Vethe is only interested in how much money the noblewoman betrothed to him would be willing to…