The Black Assassin

Eya was once the daughter of a rich general in the king's army. Now she is none other than the Arowan - the one assassin chosen from a precious bloodline to protect the Royal Ramily. When her brother Aven died, she was taken away from her mother's care to an island across the horrendous Sad Sea - a place you rarely return from. She was taught the ways to protect and shield other lives with her own - and comes back a harder, darker version of herself.

Prince Eric doesn't recognize her as the little girl he used to make laugh on the castle wall -- and Eya wants it to stay that way. If her prince turned all his charm on her, knowing who she was, she would be a goner. But as of now, with Prince Eric readying to take the throne, it is better to be his comrade and guard, to be the dark girl unseen in the shadows who knows everything about him, but he knows nothing. It keeps him safe from the jeopardy of falling for someone who will be gone eventually.

Eya knows she must avenge Aven's death, but she doesn't know who murdered him, only that they were in the castle. Besides having to be on her guard and searching for clues of this person, she must also watch helplessly while her one true friend, Prince Eric, is being set up with all sorts of girls of royalty from every land around Faregothe. Eya is surprised by what the prince decides.

At the same time, she begins to realize that the person who murdered her brother must have lived in the castle itself to slip past his notice and kill him. Now she senses the prince is in danger. Can she discover this hidden menace before its too late -- and can she save her heart from the same danger of falling for this prince, when she's supposed to be the dispensable one?