The Kindred Few by Heather Kindt

Take a breath. Taste the fruit. Let out the scream you’ve held in for so long.

When the death of her mother orphans Mari, it shatters her perfect life in Avren, the beautiful city on the hill. Branded an Undesirable, she’s banished to the unforgiving wilderness on the eve of her adulthood, forced into a life of servitude. It’s in this forested world that she discovers the monsters in the fairytales she heard as a child are all too real.
Facing unpredictable dangers, a group of orphaned strangers named the Kindred Few adopt Mari into their fold. She learns the art of survival from her new brother and enigmatic commander, Bastian Hale. As they train for battle, they await the two prophesied saviors who will save them from Avren’s iron grip.
But as ancient fae prophesies unfold, Mari learns a difficult truth.
She is one of the two destined to lead the charge to liberate the wilderness.