Shadows so Cruel

<p><strong>More painful than love... are the secrets that bind and divide us.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><span>Adrift in a sky shadowed by war,</span></p><p><span>We seek, we ache,</span></p><p><span>Searching for the woman who fled us.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span>We shattered her heart, but she unfurled her feathers,</span></p><p><span>Our sweetheart, our little dove,</span></p><p><span>Escaping our talons on pure white wings.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span>One of us soars over battlements,</span></p><p><span>Haunted by past mistakes,</span></p><p><span>Vowing never to repeat them.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span>The other storms through walls of stone and hatred,</span></p><p><span>Eager to destroy the shackles of his past,</span></p><p><span>Determined to shackle her to him instead.</span></p><p><span>Forever.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span>Loyalties are torn.</span></p><p><span>Friendships are tested.</span></p><p><span>Among the chaos, one claim stands irrefutably:</span></p><p><span>We will get her back.</span></p><p><span>She will be ours.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span>Come home to us, white Raven.</span></p><p><br></p><p><em>Shadows so Cruel </em><span>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...</span></p>