<p><strong>More painful than love... are the secrets that bind and divide us.</strong></p><p><br></p><p>Adrift in a sky shadowed by war, </p><p>We seek, we ache, </p><p>Searching for the woman who fled us.</p><p><br></p><p>We shattered her heart, but she unfurled her feathers, </p><p>Our sweetheart, our little dove, </p><p>Escaping our talons on pure white wings.</p><p><br></p><p>One of us soars over battlements, </p><p>Haunted by past mistakes, </p><p>Vowing never to repeat them.</p><p><br></p><p>The other storms through walls of stone and hatred, </p><p>Eager to destroy the shackles of his past, </p><p>Determined to shackle her to him instead.</p><p>Forever.</p><p><br></p><p>Loyalties are torn.</p><p>Friendships are tested.</p><p>Among the chaos, one claim stands irrefutably: </p><p>We will get her back.</p><p>She will be ours.</p><p><br></p><p>Come home to us, white Raven.</p><p><br></p><p>Shadows so Cruel </em>is a full-length dark fantasy romance novel, and book two in the Court of Ravens duet. The two-part story features two morally gray raven shifters, a young woman at the mercy of their shadows, and a HEA. This world contains dark elements, violence, and themes some may find disturbing. Readers can find more detailed information on www.livzander.com. What this book doesn't contain is a hero - because villains do it better. And two do it better than one...</p>