![]() This book also contains brief discussion/descriptions of sexual assault, though nothing that felt overly gratuitous. It should be noted that this is definitely a Romance fantasy, with all the explicit description that can entail (mostly confined to two scenes), so if that’s not your cup of tea, best move along. If Gilene is to ever see her village again, she’ll have to traverse the country to Azarion’s homelands and help him win back the seat of power that was taken from him. ![]() And as a handmaiden, she has the power to support Azarion’s claim to the chieftainship, his birthright that was stolen from him a decade ago. Her obligation to him doesn’t end upon leaving the capital, however, as Gilene’s ability to call upon fire marks her as a handmaiden to his people’s goddess. This year, however, Gilene is confronted by Azarion, a gladiator who can see through her illusion, and who threatens to expose her unless she helps him escape. Except each time, Gilene uses her gifts of illusion and fire magic to avoid the fire and escape undetected, a ruse which spares the other women in her village a tortuous death. ![]() ![]() ![]() Every year, she goes to the empire’s capital as her village’s tribute, one woman among many destined to be burned at the stake as an offering to the gods. ![]()
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