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A Dance of Sword & Sorrow
(2026)(The fourth book in the Windtorn Chronicles series)
A novel by Brenda Trim
I came to Witherspine to put the crown back together. Liora took Ava and two of its pieces before we got the chance.
Ava is alive. Morrow'''s bond tells me that much, even though the magic Liora used on him has torn it nearly to pieces. I can follow the connection he still has to her, but I can’t heal him completely without losing our only reliable trail. Try explaining to an injured fog drake why helping him has to hurt.
Liora needs Ava alive, too. She has been forcing the fragments through experiments meant to make the crown obey one bearer at the expense of another. We get Ava out, but getting her away from Liora doesn’t undo what the experiments did to her. Ava knows more about the crown now than any of us, and she is determined to use it while she can.
After everything that happens, I go looking for another Vaelthorne. I find records of survivors, then learn someone kept those names alive on paper long after the people were gone. There is no lost relative waiting to help me. There is only the crown, the damage Liora left in it, and a history I’m beginning to think was written to keep people from asking the right questions.
Then the fragments start reacting to Kael.
He isn’t Vaelthorne. We’ve checked. But when he takes my hand, the crown steadies in a way it never has before. Neither of us likes being studied as the possible answer to an ancient magical problem, especially when we’re still trying to work out what we mean to each other without a relic listening in.
Liora is still out there, and the people who built her experiments have not stopped looking for the crown. I need to understand why it answers Kael before they find another way to make it obey them. The trouble is, every answer brings us closer to putting the thing back together—and closer to finding out what it expects us to become.
What did Ava learn while Liora held her?
Why did someone erase the records that could have helped us years ago?
And if the crown finally recognizes Kael, will either of us have a choice about what happens next?
Welcome to the Turning Point, where:
Ava is alive. Morrow'''s bond tells me that much, even though the magic Liora used on him has torn it nearly to pieces. I can follow the connection he still has to her, but I can’t heal him completely without losing our only reliable trail. Try explaining to an injured fog drake why helping him has to hurt.
Liora needs Ava alive, too. She has been forcing the fragments through experiments meant to make the crown obey one bearer at the expense of another. We get Ava out, but getting her away from Liora doesn’t undo what the experiments did to her. Ava knows more about the crown now than any of us, and she is determined to use it while she can.
After everything that happens, I go looking for another Vaelthorne. I find records of survivors, then learn someone kept those names alive on paper long after the people were gone. There is no lost relative waiting to help me. There is only the crown, the damage Liora left in it, and a history I’m beginning to think was written to keep people from asking the right questions.
Then the fragments start reacting to Kael.
He isn’t Vaelthorne. We’ve checked. But when he takes my hand, the crown steadies in a way it never has before. Neither of us likes being studied as the possible answer to an ancient magical problem, especially when we’re still trying to work out what we mean to each other without a relic listening in.
Liora is still out there, and the people who built her experiments have not stopped looking for the crown. I need to understand why it answers Kael before they find another way to make it obey them. The trouble is, every answer brings us closer to putting the thing back together—and closer to finding out what it expects us to become.
What did Ava learn while Liora held her?
Why did someone erase the records that could have helped us years ago?
And if the crown finally recognizes Kael, will either of us have a choice about what happens next?
Welcome to the Turning Point, where:
- Ava’s rescue is only the beginning of what Liora’s experiments will cost us.
- The search for another heir leads straight into the lies buried in the crown’s history.
- Kael’s father left behind evidence someone powerful wanted hidden.
- The crown answers Kael, even though he has no Vaelthorne blood.
- Mara must decide whether she can restore the crown without accepting the throne built around it.
Perfect for readers who crave: a sharp-tongued heroine facing a choice she never wanted • dragons and sovereign bonds worth fighting for • dangerous magic with rules someone deliberately changed • a romance neither bloodline nor relic gets to dictate • a cliffhanger that changes the fight for the crown
Genre: Paranormal Romance
- Mara must decide whether she can restore the crown without accepting the throne built around it.
- The crown answers Kael, even though he has no Vaelthorne blood.
- Kael’s father left behind evidence someone powerful wanted hidden.
- The search for another heir leads straight into the lies buried in the crown’s history.
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