Allegiance of Honor

Psy-Changeling Series

SLAVE TO SENSATION

VISIONS OF HEAT

CARESSED BY ICE

MINE TO POSSESS

HOSTAGE TO PLEASURE

BRANDED BY FIRE

BLAZE OF MEMORY

BONDS OF JUSTICE

PLAY OF PASSION

KISS OF SNOW

TANGLE OF NEED

HEART OF OBSIDIAN

SHIELD OF WINTER

SHARDS OF HOPE

ALLEGIANCE OF HONOR

Guild Hunter Series

ANGELS’ BLOOD

ARCHANGEL’S KISS

ARCHANGEL’S CONSORT

ARCHANGEL’S BLADE

ARCHANGEL’S STORM

ARCHANGEL’S LEGION

ARCHANGEL’S SHADOWS

ARCHANGEL’S ENIGMA

Anthologies

AN ENCHANTED SEASON

(with Maggie Shayne, Erin McCarthy, and Jean Johnson)

THE MAGICAL CHRISTMAS CAT

(with Lora Leigh, Erin McCarthy, and Linda Winstead Jones)

MUST LOVE HELLHOUNDS

(with Charlaine Harris, Ilona Andrews, and Meljean Brook)

BURNING UP

(with Angela Knight, Virginia Kantra, and Meljean Brook)

ANGELS OF DARKNESS

(with Ilona Andrews, Meljean Brook, and Sharon Shinn)

ANGELS’ FLIGHT

WILD INVITATION

NIGHT SHIFT

(with Ilona Andrews, Lisa Shearin, and Milla Vane)

Specials

ANGELS’ PAWN

ANGELS’ DANCE

TEXTURE OF INTIMACY

DECLARATION OF COURTSHIP

WHISPER OF
SIN

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Singh, Nalini, 1977–author.

Title: Allegiance of honor / Nalini Singh.

Description: First Edition. | New York : Berkley Books, 2016. | Series:

Psy-changeling novel

Identifiers: LCCN 2015050507 (print) | LCCN 2016006696 (ebook) | ISBN

9781101987766 (hardback) | ISBN 9781101987773 ()

Subjects: | BISAC: FICTION / Romance / Paranormal. | FICTION / Fantasy /

Paranormal. | GSAFD: Romantic suspense fiction. | Fantasy fiction.

Classification: LCC PR9639.4.S566 A77 2016 (print) | LCC PR9639.4.S566

(ebook) | DDC 823/.92—dc23

LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015050507

FIRST EDITION:
June 2016

Cover art by Rita Frangie.

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

In Alphabetical Order by First Name

Key:
SD =
SnowDancer Wolves
,
DR = DarkRiver Leopards, BC = BlackSea Changelings, RF = RainFire Leopards

Abbot
Arrow, teleport-capable telekinetic (Tk), married and psychically bonded to Jaya

Aden Kai
Arrow, telepath (Tp), psychically bonded to Zaira

Adria
SD Senior Soldier, in permanent relationship with Riaz

Amara Aleine
Psy member of DR, former Council scientist, twin of Ashaya, mentally unstable

Andrew “Drew” Kincaid
SD Tracker, mated to Indigo, brother of Riley and Brenna

Aneca
Rat changeling, child

Annie Quinn
Human member of DR, mated and married to Zach

Anthony Kyriakus
Former Psy Councilor, part of the Ruling Coalition, head of PsyClan NightStar, father of Faith, Tanique, and Marine (deceased)

Ashaya Aleine
Psy member of DR, former Council scientist, mated to Dorian, mother of Keenan, twin of Amara

Ava
SD, mated to Spencer, mother of Ben

Bastien Smith
DR, mated to Kirby, in charge of DR’s financial assets, brother of Mercy, Sage, and Grey

Ben
SD pup, son of Ava and Spencer

Bowen “Bo” Knight
Human Alliance Security Chief (and effective leader), brother of Lily

Brenna Kincaid
SD Tech, mated to Judd, sister of Riley and Andrew

Carolina
Arrow child

Clara Alvarez
Manager of Haven, former Justice Psy (J)

Clay
DR Sentinel, mated to Talin, adopted children: Noor and Jon

Cooper
SD Lieutenant, mated to Grace

Council (or Psy Council)
Former ruling council of the Psy race; no longer extant

Cruz
Forgotten child

Desiree (Dezi)
DR Senior Soldier

Devraj “Dev” Santos
Leader of the Forgotten, married and psychically bonded to Katya, guardian of Cruz

Dorian
DR Sentinel, mated to Ashaya, father to Keenan

Elias (Eli)
SD Senior Soldier, mated to Yuki, father of Sakura

Emmett
DR Senior Soldier, mated and married to Ria

Ena Mercant
Psy, matriarch of Mercant family group

Evie Riviere
SD, sister of Indigo

Faith NightStar
Psy member of DR, cardinal foreseer (F), mated to Vaughn, daughter of Anthony, sister of Tanique, cousin to Sahara

Forgotten
Psy who defected from the PsyNet at the dawn of Silence and intermingled with the human and changeling populations

Grace
SD Tech, mated to Cooper

Hawke
SD Alpha, mated to Sienna

Indigo
Riviere
SD Lieutenant, mated to Andrew, sister of Evie

Ivy Jane Zen
President of the Empathic Collective, married and psychically bonded to Vasic

Jamie
DR Senior Soldier

Jason
DR medic-in-training

Jaya
Empath, married and psychically bonded to Abbot

Jojo
RF cub

Jonquil “Jon” Duchslaya
Forgotten teen, member of DR, adopted by Clay and Talin

Judd Lauren
SD Lieutenant, Psy, mated to Brenna, brother of Walker; uncle of Sienna, Toby, and Marlee

Julian
DR cub, twin of Roman, son of Nathan and Tamsyn

Kaleb Krychek
Cardinal (Tk), part of the Ruling Coalition, psychically bonded to Sahara

Katya Haas
Psy, former assistant to Ashaya Aleine, married and psychically bonded to Devraj Santos, guardian of Cruz

Keenan Aleine
Psy member of DR, child

Kirby
DR, mated to Bastien, lynx changeling

Kit
DR Soldier, brother of Rina

Lara
SD Healer, mated to Walker, raising Marlee and Toby with Walker

Leila Savea
BC, marine biologist

Leon Kyriakus
M-Psy, father of Sahara

Lily
Human Alliance, sister of Bowen

Lucas Hunter
DR Alpha, mated to Sascha, father of Naya

Malachai
BC, Lieutenant

Marlee
Psy member of SD, daughter of Walker, cousin to Sienna and Toby

Max Shannon
Human, Security Chief for Nikita Duncan, married to Sophia

Mercy Smith
DR Sentinel, mated to Riley, sister of Bastien, Sage, and Grey

Miane Levèque
BC Alpha

Ming LeBon
Former Psy Councilor, military mastermind, cardinal telepath (Tp)

Nathan “Nate” Ryder
DR Senior Sentinel, mated to Tamsyn, father of Roman and Julian

Naya Hunter
DR cub, daughter of Sascha and Lucas

Nikita Duncan
Former Psy Councilor, part of the Ruling Coalition, mother of Sascha

Noor Hassan
Forgotten member of DR, adopted by Clay and Talin

Pax Marshall
Psy, Head of the Marshall Group

Remi
RF Alpha

Ria
Human member of DR, mated and married to Emmett, executive admin assistant to Lucas

Riaz
SD Lieutenant, in permanent relationship with Adria

Riley Kincaid
SD Senior Lieutenant, mated to Mercy, brother of Andrew and Brenna

Rina
DR Soldier, sister of Kit

Roman
DR cub, twin of Julian, son of Nathan and Tamsyn

Ruling Coalition
Formed after the fall of Silence and of the Psy Council; composed of Kaleb Krychek, Nikita Duncan, Anthony Kyriakus, Ivy Jane Zen for the Empathic Collective, and Aden Kai for the Arrow Squad

Sahara Kyriakus
Psy (uncategorized designation), psychically bonded to Kaleb, daughter of Leon, niece of Anthony Kyriakus, cousin to Faith

Sakura
SD pup

Samuel Rain
Psy, genius, robotics engineer who developed experimental biofusion

Sascha Duncan
Psy member of DR, cardinal empath, mated to Lucas, mother of Naya, daughter of Nikita

Sienna
Psy member of SD, cardinal X, mated to Hawke, sister of Toby, niece of Judd and Walker

Silver Mercant
Psy, senior aide to Kaleb Krychek, in charge of worldwide rapid response emergency network that spans all three races

Sophia Russo
Former Justice Psy (J), married to Max Shannon, senior aide to Nikita

Stefan
(Tk), Commander of the deep-sea station Alaris

Talin (Tally)
Human member of DR, mated to Clay, adopted children: Noor and Jon

Tamsyn
“Tammy” Ryder
DR Healer, mated to Nathan, mother of Roman and Julian

Tanique
Gray
Psychometric, son of Anthony, brother of Faith

Tavish
Arrow child

Teijan
Rat Alpha

Toby Lauren
Psy member of SD, brother of Sienna, nephew of Judd and Walker, cousin to Marlee

Vasic Zen
Arrow, teleporter (Tk-V), married and psychically bonded to Ivy Jane, great-grandson of Zie Zen

Vaughn
DR Sentinel, mated to Faith, jaguar changeling

Walker Lauren
Psy member of SD, teacher, mated to Lara, father of Marlee, brother of Judd, uncle of Sienna and Toby

Xavier Perez
Human, priest, friend of Judd and Kaleb

Yuki
SD, lawyer, mated to Elias, mother of Sakura

Yuri
Arrow, telepath

Zach
DR Soldier, mated and married to Annie

Zaira Neve
Arrow, telepath (combat), psychically bonded to Aden

Zane
Second in command of the Rats

Zie Zen
Psy elder, great-grandfather of
Vasic