The next chapter in the award winning, young-adult, fantasy-romance drama series! Join Bel and Shireen as they travel to the the Worthy Apprentice Trials. Everyone thinks they are there with the sole purpose of passing the trials. Little do they know that Bel and Shireen are there to uncover an avian plot all the while disguising their forbidden love. All Bel's and Shireen's good intentions start to unravel when they discover that love between wizard-kind is allowed among the creature-kind and that young beautiful Leonna, an avian, is attracted to Bel, and Felix, a gorgeous and powerful feline apprentice, wants to take Shireen back with him to the land of the big cats to be his bride.But their thoughts of romance are burst asunder when several apprentices are injured, missing in the forest or murdered. What have these two got themselves into? Full of the kind of mystery and intrigue that will keep you turning pages and up late at night. Perfect for middle schoolers and young adults who love magic, magicians, wizards, swords and sorcery. The book is full of mystery, suspense, drama and an intense romance. Bel and Shireen, graduates from the Academy of Arts and Magic, take the final vow of celibacy, sacrificing their love for each other in order to be apprentices. But they still truly love each other. Will their love be discovered, getting themselves excommunicated from the order? And why can the creature-kind love and marry? Should Bel forgo Shireen, who he truly loves and cannot have, for Leonna, who he can have but does not love? Should Shireen do the same with Felix?Grab hold of the book that readers describe as "one of those series you can't get enough of." Jump into this new magical world full of drama, romance, action and adventure.Bel and Shireen are apprentices of two of the most powerful and respected forest wizards throughout the lands, but now they are on their own and as each trial progresses it becomes increasingly dangerous. When they arrive, they find out that one apprentice already missing. Soon after the trials begin, one of the leaders is murdered. Bel and Shireen find that many are suspects, including themselves. There are plots and counter-plots and no one can be trusted. The mysteries surrounding the murders has left everyone skittish, paranoid and insecure. They are trapped at the trials, cannot leave for the magical barrier prevents them and one thing is clear: there's a plot and people are dying. If only they could figure out what's happening and who's behind it before they all die.Who's killing apprentices and why? Is it for love, jealousy and revenge as the leaders claim? Or is it to cover up a creature-kind plot? And whose side are Leonna and Felix on? Are they behind the plot, in on it, or innocent? Can Bel and Shireen discover the truth in time?The book is full of swords and sorcery, but magic doesn't come easy for an apprentice. It requires resourcefulness and sacrifice for the source of all magic is the very light and life of all things. The worthy apprentice trials take them to their very limits and not all apprentices pass the trials. And some are injured. Or die.The Worthy Apprentice is an adventurous journey to attempt to uncover an avian plot, expose the murderer so that the killing will cease.The story is an epic saga and a hero's journey of two young apprentices who are thrust into a fantastic battle of good and evil, dark and light, all the while trying to balance their heart-felt emotions and love for each other.