The Heart of All Worlds Series by Charlotte Ashe

in the nation of Villalu...Since his childhood, Brieden Lethiscir has admired The Sidhe, the beautiful and magical beings native to the Faerie world outside his homeland of Villalu. Though he grew up in a culture accepting of Sidhe enslavement by Villalus elite, Brieden turns against the practice when he becomes a steward to Prince Dronyen, who is viciously abusive of his sidhe slave Sehrys... morein the nation of Villalu...Since his childhood, Brieden Lethiscir has admired The Sidhe, the beautiful and magical beings native to the Faerie world outside his homeland of Villalu. Though he grew up in a culture accepting of Sidhe enslavement by Villalus elite, Brieden turns against the practice when he becomes a steward to Prince Dronyen, who is viciously abusive of his sidhe slave Sehrys. Captivated by the handsome and mysterious sidhe slave, Brieden vows to free and return Sehrys to his homeland.As they escape the capital and navigate a treacherous path to the border, Breiden and Sehrys grow close. Breiden soon learns both the true power of The Sidhe, and that the world that he thought he knew is not what it once seemed. if they survive to reach the border, he will have to make a choice: the love of his life, or the fate of his world. less

What happens when the fairytale ends but the journey continues? Book II of the Heart of All Worlds Series finds Sehrys and Brieden living peacefully in Khryslee. But when King Firae breaches an ancient, spellbound pact by crossing The Boarder into Villalu in pursuit of a convicted criminal, Sehrys is forced into a role he was once groomed for but Brieden fears—ruler of the Eastern Border Lands... moreWhat happens when the fairytale ends but the journey continues? Book II of the Heart of All Worlds Series finds Sehrys and Brieden living peacefully in Khryslee. But when King Firae breaches an ancient, spellbound pact by crossing The Boarder into Villalu in pursuit of a convicted criminal, Sehrys is forced into a role he was once groomed for but Brieden fears—ruler of the Eastern Border Lands. Meanwhile, Firae must rely on the very criminal he was after to help him get home alive—a man his own mother exiled long ago, but who awakens something in his heart stronger than even his sworn duties as king. As each man struggles to understand his own destiny, devotion and legacy, a deeper and more urgent truth confronts them all: Their world is in far greater danger than they realized, and each of them plays an integral part in its fate. less