He was abandoned because of what he carried in his blood.
He returned determined never to need the family that left him behind.
Nineteen years ago, Commander Aldric Varn made a choice that would haunt his family for the rest of their lives. He left his infant son in the snow, believing that the strange mark upon the child's body made him something dangerous—something the world would never accept.
But the boy survived.
Raised beyond the walls of the Radiant Halls by a hardened hunter who taught him to fight, track, and survive alone, Rex grew into a formidable warrior. He learned early that trust was dangerous, family was complicated, and depending on anyone else could cost him everything.
Then a trail of missing caravans brings him back to the fortress he was never meant to call home.
Inside the Radiant Halls, Rex finds the family he never knew, a father consumed by regret, a sister determined to understand him, and a mother who has spent nineteen years refusing to believe her lost son is truly gone.
But the greatest challenge is not surviving the creatures beyond the fortress walls.
It is surviving the people inside them.
As an ancient bloodline begins to awaken and the mysterious Templar Order closes in, Rex is forced to confront the truth behind the mark that made him an outcast. And when Wren, a fearless Knight who refuses to see him as a monster, steps into his life, Rex discovers something far more dangerous than hatred:
Someone who chooses him.
Their growing bond is tested by war, betrayal, buried secrets, and a power capable of changing the fate of the entire Order. Rex must decide whether the fire within him is a curse he must control—or a gift he was never meant to fear.
Because sometimes the greatest battle is not against the enemy at the gates.
It is learning to believe that you were worthy of love all along.
RUSTBLADE is an emotional high fantasy romance about forbidden power, family secrets, second chances, loyalty, sacrifice, and the courage to choose where you belong.
