“Te Vert Conec, they called him, even in Essey’s most lifeless streets. The Green King. Shouts over gabled rooftops, whispers down moonlit paths. The epithet had spread itself everywhere, and he cherished it, hungered for the lilting syllables on every Essian tongue.”
Three months have passed since Lucas and Aria rescued the magical Essian forest, Salva, from a dire fate, but the kingdom’s turmoil did not end there. As a beloved holiday sits on the horizon, new political threats press in from all sides, with an unlikely foe at the helm—and, above all, Aria remains on the quest for what matters to her most.
Tensions rise as a kingdom crumbles beneath the weight of a changed regime. Now more than ever, trust will not be as easily granted as it once was.
Jasmine Upchurch (she/her) 