lacey-books

The Guild doesn’t welcome recruits — it absorbs them. Garrick arrives with nothing but stubbornness. Freyda refuses to be overlooked. Vaelen keeps his past locked behind his eyes. Bruni bristles at every rule. Tylane watches everything. Thane adapts faster than he should.They don’t know each other. They don’t trust each other. They’re not a team — just six new bodies thrown into a place that demands obedience long before it offers purpose.Chapter One begins with their arrival, their first night, and the quiet realization that whatever the Guild intends to make of them… it won’t be gentle.