The Veiled Kingdom (The Veiled Kingdom, #1)

by Holly Renee

I pulled her to my side, causing her hood to fall back, and when my gaze met hers, it was like looking into the depths of the ocean. The same color as the sky when the sun disappeared behind the clouds and a storm brewed on the horizon. A gorgeous storm that I could see staring back at me now.

“You’re going to regret this,” she promised, even though her voice barely carried over the sound of her ragged breaths.

Even if she was right, I didn’t leave her behind.

His inky black hair was messy, curling into his face, and matched his eyes that were still bearing down on me. They were so dark that they reminded me of a stormy night when the sky was so black that it swallowed the light of the stars.

He was beautiful, although harsh, and I hated the way he was looking at me.

I remember you from somewhere.

They were going to take me to the hidden city. The city we had heard stories about for years, but the monarch had never been able to find. The monarch whose bloodline ended with me.

But I stared at him as the moonlight danced off his jet-black hair until the lush trees gave way to a small glade.