Nightshade Is For Warning. Stand With Me, #2

Secrets and lies. On the run from her mother, the deadly queen of Lyquirz, Regina's magic is growing darker than ever. When an old friend returns and brings a new goal to life, she ventures out across the sea to a faraway island, hoping to find a weapon that will make her face the very darkest parts of herself.  But she's not the only one. Dr. Ivo Macherac. A man with dark secrets of his own lingering behind a beaming smile.
There are many things in his past that he wants hidden, especially from his closest friends, but he can't lie to his soulmate. The same Princess Nimue who he kidnapped and despises him to his very core. The tiny water elemental forces him to face the painful truth, no matter the consequences.  A journey unlike any other.  The tangled threads of fate weave tighter, twisting in their path endless challenges.
Pirates, thieves, and scheming royals that will do anything to achieve their goals. They all bind together to accomplish one goal, unseating the Evil Queen who's darkest goal has still yet to come to light.