Six months ago I made a mistake; I didn't pick the girl and it cost me everything. Half way around the world, following the path my father laid out, I decide to take back control of my life. I'm going to go against him for the first time in my life. I'm going to go get Clary back.Now all I have to do is convince her, the girl who hasn't taken my call in six months, that we're meant to be.Taking place in present day and told by Bryant, Ardent is the sequel to Crossed.Bryant flies back to win Clary's heart once more and heal his own in the process.But Clary isn't intent to give her heart up again so easily, and she's grown in the time Bryant was away. Can she forgive his decision to succumb to his fears and let love lead her down his familiar path? Or will she continue forward on the path she's forging as she blossoms into the woman she was meant to become?Crossed and Ardent are companion books and should not be read as standalones.