Iron Flame (The Empyrean, #2)

by Rebecca Yarros

“Officially? Aaric Graycastle,” I tell her. She lifts a brow, and guilt settles in my stomach. There are too many secrets between us already, and this is something I can give her. Something she deserves to know, since I just directed him to our squad. “Between us?” I whisper, and she looks over at me with an arched brow. “King Tauri’s third son.” “Oh shit.” She looks over her shoulder at the parapet. “Pretty much. And I can guarantee his father doesn’t know what he’s doing.” Not with how he felt after Aaric’s older brother died during his Threshing three years ago. “Should make for an easy year,” Rhiannon says sarcastically, then beckons the next person without missing a beat. “Name?” “Sloane Mairi.” My head whips in her direction, and my heart jumps into my throat. Same blond hair, though it’s currently tangling in the breeze past her shoulders. Same sky-blue eyes. Same rebellion relic winding around her arm. Liam’s little sister.