Chiara is one of the Gifted, but what no one knows is that she is one of the rarest; gifted by the God of Death himself. As a child she was sold to the king by her own mother and forced to become a weapon of destruction, cutting down the enemy with brutal precision. But now, something is coming. Something that will tip the balance and there is no one who can stop it. Chiara, who has only ever known betrayal, must look to others for help. But who can she trust, the man whose smile and charm comes so easily, or the man who stood by and watched her be tortured?
