Fragile

If you could heal your own body, what risks would you take?When a childhood accident reveals Betha has a talent for magic, her terrified family insist she must never use it, for in Tyr-en, sorcery attracts the death penalty.Brokered in marriage to an elderly lord, Betha must give up her dreams of serving in the kingdom's guard, but as court life and intrigue become her adult world, she starts to discover there are advantages to her new position.Settling into the privileged life of a noblewoman, she is unprepared when false accusation brings tragedy to her family, yet she determines to bring the guilty party to justice. Will she be able to do so without using magic? Or will she die trying?FRAGILE is the origin story of a character who grew from a bit part in book #1 of THE FIVE KINGDOMS series, to a major player by book #3. It is a stand-alone story, but also an ideal entry point into the main series.Trigger warnings: descriptions of injuries, self-harm, and torture.