The Ascended (The Aesymarean Duet, #1)

by Bree Grenwich

In that moment, I longed for someone else to step forward, to take this burden from my hands. To exist in a space where every choice, every consequence, didn't rest solely on my judgment.

"The greatest triumph of the Aesymar was convincing mortals to revere the very system designed to keep them in their place."