Fearsome

For three hundred years, the men of The Fifty have sworn to sacrifice themselves to defend the border of Calthus from their enemies. Hawthe, the high ranking military office of The Fifty, is patrolling when he finds a strange, small animal in a smuggler’s wagon. It’s injured, cruel clamps piercing its shoulders so it can’t fly.

He helps the animal and brings it back to Anwen Citadel, where his men adopt it. The animal lives with them for a year, becoming a part of the lives of the soldiers who live there.

One day, an eagle attacks the animal. When Hawthe catches up, he finds a beautiful woman unconscious on the ground. When he brings her back to the citadel, he interrogates her, giving in to his desires. She says her name is Argen.

But there is a spy in The Fifty who wants them all dead, and Hawthe isn’t sure what she wants at Anwen Citadel—or with him.