The Guardian Of The Divine Tree

For eight centuries, Terra has walked the shadows of the Lotus Woods, bound to the Divine Tree as its last living guardian. To the humans of Farafen, she is nothing more than a demon in white and red robes, a whispered warning to keep children from wandering too far. But to the forest itself, she is healer, protector, and priestess a woman who has poured her life into preserving the fragile balance between man and spirit. Yet the burden has grown heavier with each passing decade. Terra is the last of her bloodline, tied to the Divine Tree with no one left to inherit her vow. Loneliness gnaws at her heart, even as she clings to the faint hope that one day, someone might see her for what she truly is. That hope is tested when she crosses paths with Leo, a young warrior raised in the rigid discipline of the sect. Skilled and loyal, Leo carries twin swords upon his back one white, one black, a symbol of balance he does not yet understand. When fate brings him face to face with the Fox Priestess, his devotion to sect law clashes with the truth before his eyes: this so-called demon saves lives, even his own. But where Leo sees a glimmer of doubt, others see only threat. Master Nolan and his disciples prepare to hunt the priestess, and Kaylah jealous and fearful is eager to brand Terra as deceiver. Meanwhile, Jasper, the serpent spirit who has loved Terra for centuries, pleads with her to turn her back on humanity before their cruelty destroys her. Caught between duty and desire, faith and doubt, Terra and Leo find themselves on a path that could either mend the balance of two worlds… or shatter it forever.