"I'd never felt anything like it before, not once among a thousand touches from other Light fae, and I knew it in an instant for what it was. A myth. A fairy tale. The surge. A connection between two people that went beyond love, beyond duty. A complete connection of bodies, minds, spirits. At least, that's what people said. Most people didn't believe in it. I certainly never had. I didn't." Alec's been hurt before. As a child, he discovered the ravaged bodies of his mother and sister dead at the hands of Dark Fae, and vowed never to love again. What will he do when a sassy parkour-running, krav-maga-kicking, viking-eyed goddess walks into his life? Can he resist the urge to give her his heart? Does he even want to try? Heart Ward, the Inner Origins companion novella, is a steamy dive deep into the heart of Alec Ward, champion of the Fae Light Guard. Experience first-hand Alec's inner struggle to let himself take a chance on love again. YA paranormal romance may be read on its own, or after Book 2 or 3 in the Inner Origins Fantasy series.