Broken Bonds (Blood & Flame Saga)

Bloodlust: the one thing shes good at. The one thing she must fight against. Ex-assassin Semra may have broken free of the mountain where the dragonlord indoctrinated her as a child, but she cant shake his voice in her head or the suspicious sideways glances following her every step. The people closest to her seem distant, and the royal family's grief serves as a daily reminder of Semra's failures. With rogue assassins on the run and a dragon far too large for a castle, Semra is desperate to get away. When the princess is kidnapped, Semra accepts the mission to save her a final penance to the royal family before disappearing for good. As the neighboring kings rage and paranoia grow and the two kingdoms mobilize for war, Semra is tasked with working alongside the prince to save his sister, and proving her own innocence to the court, even as her blood-stained history condemns her.