The Shadow's Reckoning

Book 2 The Starfire Crown Chronicles

He betrayed everything he knew. She's the blade sent to silence him.
Order spy Sorin Matthias made his choice—defection over duty, truth over comfortable lies. Now he's the most wanted man in three realms, hunted by the organization that trained him and the secrets he carries.
Vera Nightwhisper has never failed an assassination. Cold, lethal, and utterly alone, she's the Order's perfect weapon—until her newly awakened Crown fragment refuses to let her kill. Every strike meant for Sorin's heart transforms into healing magic, binding her to the man she's supposed to destroy.
Forced into an uneasy alliance, they flee through shadow and fire while the Order fractures into warring factions. Sorin sees through every lie except the walls around Vera's heart. Vera knows a hundred ways to end a life but nothing about how to live one.
As the fragment bearers gather and ancient enemies converge, the spy and the assassin discover that some bonds can't be severed—and some loves are worth dying for.
Or killing for.