The Vanguard

Legacy of the Sundering Age: Book 3

De: S. Arden Vale

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

TOUCH IS POWER. CONTROL IS SURVIVAL.
Magic doesn't ask permission. It takes.
It builds like fire in the blood—pressure in the bones. Without a Warden to draw it off, it burns the Mage from within.
Lyn de Ridder is that Warden.
The bond between Mage and Warden is power. Necessity. And at its core… deep sensual intimacy few understand.
She has trained her entire life for this. When she arrives at the Academy of Kadûm and is assigned to the young Mage Peter de Belleacourt, she begins to build not just skill—but connection. Around them forms a circle: Mayla Wintercrest, fierce and relentless; Arien Kelthas, sharp and watchful; and others who will come to define her future.
Together, they learn. Together, they fight.
And when they take a contract to hunt a deadly flux widow spider, they nearly die.
The lesson is clear: the Academy does not prepare you for the world. It merely gives you a chance to survive it.
Their survival brings coin. It also brings attention.
Because in the shadows beyond the Academy, there are those who watch for individuals like them—those who can endure, adapt, and fight without breaking. Those who can be shaped into something more.
Something unseen. Something dangerous.
Lyn came to Kadûm to become a Warden.
She is about to learn what it means to fight a war no one else can see—and to become a member of the Vanguard.
A dark adult fantasy where magic, power, and intimacy are inseparable—and desire is forged in steel and flame.