A consuming fire, a dead king, and a family in ruin. Ten years after witnessing her mother’s murder, a vengeful maiden returns to the palace as a deadly assassin. But her revenge plot shatters when she discovers an unlikely truth that makes her blade waver. Caught between the eyes of silver and violet, the barbed rose must decide... follow the treacherous path of vengeance or uncover the secrets that bind her fate to the kingdom’s fragile crown.