Hailey Woerner

What if you knew about a plot to kill a national leader?

What if you wanted nothing but to trust, but knew nothing but betrayal?

What if someone could invade your mind and bring your greatest fears to life?
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Jade has lived in the same girl's orphanage all her life, where she's shunned by the rest of the girls, and the Mistress never seems pleased with her.
One day, after stealing food from the orphanage one too many times for a starving village, the Mistress banishes Jade from the one place she calls home.

With nowhere to go, and nowhere to live, Jade takes to the streets and stumbles into a mysterious boy on the run. One morning, she's horrified to discover the king's ring in the boy's bag, and learns that he's a part of a rebel plot to start a war and kill the king. Just when things don't look like they can get any worse, something happens that takes Jade's speech away forever, and she has no way to reveal the plot she discovered.

Learn how trust can be shattered in this thrilling tale through deceit and betrayal, and fight with Jade as she battles through terrors she never knew existed....