Cavalry (Stallion's Quest)

Hope is finally breathing in Andrea.Men are gathering. Banners are turning. The harvest moon is coming.And just when Raina Swiftmain should be allowed to hold fast to the love she has nearly died for, duty tears her away again. To feed Aspen’s rising rebellion, she must hide her face behind a veil, bury herself beneath lies, and ride straight back into the glittering mouth of the enemy with Regelian’s daughter at her side. One mistake in Ironhold—one glance, one torn disguise, one heartbeat of hesitation—and everything they have bled for will be crushed before it can live.Far from her, Torin rides with a prince on his shoulders and a kingdom in his hands, while Raina tries to smother the one grief she cannot conquer: the fear that when this war is won, he will have a thousand paths before him and none of them will lead back to her. She tells herself she can bear it. She tells herself she can go home, rebuild what was broken, and live on what is left. But love has already ruined that lie. There is no going back to the girl she was before Torin.Then the world turns crueler still.The trap closes. Halfoc comes hunting. Arrows fly. Battle tears open the hills, and the field runs red. And when Torin finally falls—Raina is forced to face the one loss she has never truly let herself name. Not the crown. Not the war. Him.Because kingdoms can be rebuilt.But if this war steals Torin from her before she can reach him—before all the unsaid words find life—they will have lost it all. Read more