5⭐️ .5-1🌶 The Last Guardian by Laura Collin. This ARC was truly amazing. This had so much yearning and tension. Alyana the FMC is a princess. Her mother died 5 years ago and the night before her mother's remembrance celebration a mark appears on Alyana's wrist. Alyana has questions about the mark, she knows or feels like its some sort of bad omen and she needs to be careful about who she shows it to. Alyana is still grieving her mother. She was the one with her when she died and it was under suspicion circumstances. Alyana has no memory of what actually happened. She woke up in a pool of blood with her mother dead in her arms. Her father is a spiteful abusive piece of crap. She has 4 other siblings and the first portion of the book sets up the relationship she has with the rest of her family. I actually found this very interesting. Her older sister is betrothed and about to be married off to anoth...