The Knight by Kayla Eshbaugh

Sixteen years ago, I took a vow that changed everything.

I was not created to follow my own path. I was bred, born, raised, and trained to be a guardian knight. This is a great honor and a privilege. On the one night when I let myself forget my purpose, it resulted in death, the death of my heirs. Guardian knights have one solemn purpose–to protect the Royal Heirs of Terra. One moment of selfish freedom was all it took to kill my best friend, his wife, and scar Emma forever. I know that if I had been there—if I had been in that back seat with Emma, I could have saved them all. I vowed from that moment on that I would never let the ways of this strange realm corrupt my soul again.

I am Rykerian Dallard, and I hail from the famed Dallard line of Torren knights. I will stop at nothing until I find those who murdered Emma’s family.
I will keep her safe.
I cannot and I will not fail–
not again.