K.A. Linde

After the loss of a friend and a false imprisonment in an Eleysian dungeon, Cyrene has no interest in destiny. Her heart was shattered, friends scattered, and her home is nothing but a pretty illusion. Even her magic won’t cooperate.

Cyrene Strohm is a Queen’s Affiliate, a high-ranking official of the court of Byern, with power and privilege to spare. But she’s also a keeper of dangerous secrets: like the fact that she holds the heart of the King, and that she possesses magic in a world where magic no longer exists...

On the day of her Presenting, in front of the entire Byern Court, seventeen-year-old Cyrene Strohm's lifelong plans come to fruition when she's chosen for one of the most prestigious positions in her homeland — an Affiliate to the Queen.

Find out what happens with Grant and Aribel in book 2 in the Take Me series!

Grant - Manwhore. Adrenaline junkie. Lead singer of ContraBand. Aribel - Mouthy. Perfectionist. Princeton student. Chemistry major. What is going to happen?