by A.M. Kesler
Power is spoken. Oaths are binding. And some marks don’t just grant power—they take it. Serit has spent her life surviving on the edges of a system designed to consume people like her. In the courts, words are law, promises become chains, and power is carved into flesh. Then she is marked. A blood-bound oath she never agreed to drags her into the very structure she has spent her life avoiding. The mark gives her access to power—but it is already changing her. Tightening. Rewriting. Taking more than it gives. Now trapped in a court where loyalty is currency and betrayal is strategy, Serit must learn fast. One wrong word can bind her. One mistake can cost everything. Her only guide is Kaelor—a man already claimed by the same power now threading through her veins. He knows the rules. He knows the cost. And he may be the only reason she survives. But Kaelor isn’t free. And whatever is growing between them is tangled in the same system that binds them both. As tensions rise and hidden hands move behind the court, Serit realizes the truth: Her mark was not an accident. Someone chose her.Someone changed the rules. And whatever they’ve set in motion may not just reshape her fate—it may break the court itself. Now she must decide: What is she willing to lose… before the bond decides for her? Perfect for readers who enjoy: Dark romantasy Court intrigue & political maneuvering Dangerous magic systems Power with real consequences
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