He was her first love. Now, he’s the enemy. And her only hope . . . Disaris, a farmer’s daughter gifted with the talent for deciphering dangerous secrets, has become the weapon of assassins and the coveted prize of an army. To save her sister, she's married a monster, burying her past and her feelings for the boy she once loved amid the chaos of a war-torn kingdom. Bron, a powerful battle mage known as the Moon Raven, never forgot the girl with whom he’d grown up. When he finds her buried in the rubble of a fallen citadel, he doesn't see a captive — he sees his first love. But the Disaris he knew is gone, replaced by a desperate woman bound by a deadly vow to a brutal husband who will never let her go. Forced into a treacherous escape across enemy lines, Bron must decide: will he remain the loyal soldier of the kingdom, or will he burn the world down to keep the promise he made to a young girl under a winter moon?A slow burn fantasy romance for fans of The Serpent and the Wings of Night and The Bridge Kingdom. Tropes: Childhood Friends to Lovers; Second Chance Romance; Forced Proximity; Who did this to you?; Touch her and you die;