Born of Legend - Sherrilyn Kenyon (9th Book)

Hardcover. Born of Legend by Sherrilyn Kenyon is about Dagger Ixur, a royal who is a wanted outcast with a bounty on his head. While on the run, he saves a boy from slavers, which leads him to ally with Ushara Altaan, the boy's mother, who despises Dagger's royal family. Together, they must protect the boy from a deadly League assassins who are also after him.