Their home is under attack. The Boggans are hunting for the mysterious rose that has attached itself to Nod's arm. He, M.K., and their friends flee for their lives, hoping against hope that Ronin will ward off the siege on Moonhaven and they'll find the missing queen. Somehow, they have to unlock the secrets of the King's rose before the new Boggan leader does it for them.

AU. How is it that the Boggans always come back for the forest, and the Leafmen are always able to keep them at bay? Each side has an ace up their sleeve. For Ronin, that ace is M.K., a Leafgirl he's apprenticed to be the next general. For Mandrake, it's the teenage Boggan he trained to be his assassin since the age of seven. ON HIATUS (working on the rose king series).