Introduction: They say power is passed through blood. They never said whose blood it would be."The king is dead. The palace is locked. The assassin walks free.As the council gathers to decide the next ruler, Lysara realizes too late鈥攖his was never just a murder. It was a coup. Someone inside the palace planned this. Someone she knows.And if she doesn鈥檛 uncover the truth soon, she鈥檒l be the next to die....