{Book 1/3 of The Sovereign Castling Trilogy} "This was a ruse. A trick. He had wanted to scare her." Zara Medina was our average college student, working at a bar to pay off her tuition fees. Living with her aunt was the only way she could still hope for humanity from the world. But what happens when her life turns completely upside down by one interaction with a customer? [Please read the A/N before you turn away and please read the Content Warning!]