By Megan Schaulis<\/p>\n
The only way to save her people is to betray the king she vowed to protect. <\/em><\/p>\n After winning her place as Chief Protector, Novalise is in more danger than ever. King Zadien seeks to destroy the Alphanites, and the only way Novalise can stop him is by winning a Request\u2014one undeniable favor offered only to those who save the king from a deadly threat. With no imminent danger at hand, Novalise will have to commit treason to save her people.<\/p>\n Zadien is finally stepping into his role as king. With his courageous new Chief Protector by his side, he\u2019s determined to annihilate the traitors responsible for his father\u2019s death. His romantic feelings for \u201cAstra\u201d haven\u2019t faded, but pursuing her could leave his kingdom without a monarch. Is their fledgling relationship worth violating the law and risking his crown?<\/p>\n As the clock counts down for her people, Novalise must choose between manipulating the king\u2019s affection and trusting the voice in her heart to lead her. When all her plans crumble, will she hide behind her new identity as a Protector or find a way to rise in such a time as this?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Susa Chronicles, Book 2<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":8989,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[222,105,2590],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-8984","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-new-releases","7":"product_cat-speculative","8":"product_cat-whitecrown","10":"first","11":"instock","12":"taxable","13":"shipping-taxable","14":"purchasable","15":"product-type-variable"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whitefire-publishing.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/8984","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whitefire-publishing.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whitefire-publishing.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whitefire-publishing.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8984"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whitefire-publishing.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whitefire-publishing.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whitefire-publishing.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=8984"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whitefire-publishing.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=8984"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whitefire-publishing.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=8984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}