The Dark Forest

A murdered lord, a broken engagement, a hunted man, a runaway princess. When Jared and Althea meet by night in a dark forest, both of them are on the run. Jared dislikes Althea for her privileged upbringing and stubborn ways, while Althea despises Jared as a ruffian. But although neither trusts the other, desperation forces them to travel together, out of their homeland of Kerris and into the unknown country of Queharar, where danger waits and war brews...