Of Flames and Fallacies: The Arterian Series, Book 1

She's built her entire career on exposing his lies—she just never expected him to be this impossible to hate.

Seren Vael knows exactly what Kael Morryn is: the most decorated fire-wielder in the Arterian Order, a decorated war hero, and an absolute fraud. She has the evidence. She has the testimony. What she doesn't have is enough time before his appointment to High Commander becomes permanent—and her world falls under the rule of a man whose power is built entirely on deception.

Kael has dealt with enemies before. Political rivals, battlefield threats, assassins in the dark. But nothing quite prepares him for a woman who looks at him like he's already finished and still makes his blood run hot.

Forced together on a mission neither of them chose, Seren and Kael navigate a tension that cuts both ways—sharp enough to wound, dangerous enough to want. Every argument becomes a dare. Every near-death moment strips away another carefully constructed wall. And somewhere between the fire and the fury, the lines between enemy and ally begin to blur in ways neither of them can afford.

But Seren came here for the truth. And the truth about Kael Morryn is far more complicated—and far more devastating—than any lie she uncovered.

Some revelations change everything. This one might just break her.