When her snow leopard beast partner Julian abandons her gravely wounded on the northern battlefield to save her half-sister Claire, Evelina Hartwell resolves to replace him at the Royal Hall of Oaths. She chooses Silas Corven, a humble raven beastman, and accepts his twin brother Rowan—who lacks a Warden’s calming gift—into her household. As Julian and Claire keep pestering her to reverse her decision, Evelina finds sincere care and unshakable loyalty in the Corven brothers, while hidden truths
