{"product_id":"the-yielding-leah-k-preston-wells-9798258442062","title":"The Yielding","description":"\u003ci\u003eHe doesn't know her name. His body remembers anyway.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSix months ago, Lyraea shattered their soul-bond to save Cyprian's life. Now she rules Oakhaven alone - his shadow-ink on her arms, his memories locked in her chest, and a secret only her body knows: the Violet Blooms keeping the Rot at bay don't grow on their own. They grow on what she feeds them. Every night. Alone. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThey call her the Shadow Queen. Half in reverence. Half in fear. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCyprian is alive. Polite. A pleasant stranger wearing the body of the man she destroyed to save him. He doesn't remember her. He doesn't remember any of it. But his hands still find a sword grip his mind can't explain, his pulse still spikes when she enters a room, and every morning he wakes reaching for an absence he can't name. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOutside the walls, the siege has changed shape. The Void's soldiers wear human faces now. They pass every test. They walk through her defenses like the defenses aren't there. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd her creator has returned with a new offer: let him rebuild the cage he made her in, and he'll manage the wound forever. His method keeps the world alive. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt also keeps the war eternal. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHalf the Council would rather take the cage they understand than risk a freedom that might cost them everything. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThen comes the truth no one wanted to hear: the bond is the bridge, the bridge spans the wound, and as long as the wound stays open, the Void can never fully die. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe most extraordinary love Lyraea has ever known is the only reason the war will never end. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTo heal two worlds, she has to yield the bond completely. To yield the bond, Cyprian has to remember everything - including what she did to save him, and what it cost them both. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe body chose first.\u003cbr\u003eThe heart chose second.\u003cbr\u003eThe mind - with every terrible memory restored - chose last. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd it chose the same. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eDark romantasy - Series conclusion - A bond worth losing the war to keep, and a love that has to be remembered to be saved.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Leah K. Preston-Wells\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798258442062\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/23\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 220\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.50d","brand":"Leah K. Preston-Wells","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49173199487231,"sku":"9798258442062","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-yielding-leah-k-preston-wells-9798258442062","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}