The Wicked King

The first lesson Jude learned in the High Court of Faerie was simple: be strong enough to strike, and strike, and strike again until your enemy is dust. Now, she is putting that lesson to a lethal test.

Following the staggering revelation that her brother, Oak, is the true heir to the throne, Jude has pulled off the ultimate gamble. She has tricked the wicked King Cardan into a binding oath, effectively making herself the shadow ruler of Elfhame. But being the power behind the throne is a grueling, daily war. Cardan is anything but a compliant puppet; he delights in undermining her authority and humiliating her at every turn, even as his dark, obsessive fascination with her grows more undeniable by the second.

As Jude navigates a minefield of shifting political alliances, a new shadow emerges. A traitor within her inner circle is plotting a betrayal that threatens not just Jude’s life, but the safety of everyone she has fought to protect. To maintain her grip on a world that loathes her mortality, Jude must root out the mole while wrestling with her own treacherous feelings for the King she has enslaved.

In a land where words are weapons and hearts are easily manipulated, Jude is about to find out exactly how much she is willing to bleed to keep her crown.