The Return

The new alliance is fragile and Aeropos of Macedon is determined to crush the Ardianian Resistance once and for all. Stefan was wounded in the battle for the high camp and Demetrius fears for his life, as Maia embarks on a dangerous journey to be reunited with the man she still knows only as her mother's servant.When all their paths converge in Durres, where The Illyrian Council waits to rule on Stefan's claim to the Ardianian throne, they find Hephestia waiting there. Overcome with malice that her own ruthless ambitions have been thwarted, she reveals the dark secrets of Gaius's first marriage, challenging the council to bring the true perpetrator of the Ardianian massacre to justice at long last.But there are others who have long kept secrets too. Secrets, which have the power to allow a greater truth to be discovered, if only someone among them has the courage to forgive.