Description
The grand ballroom was meant for whispers and waltzes, not fate and fire. Lady Seraphina Astoria Valeheart has always preferred the quiet edges of the court, where secrets pass like fleeting shadows and dangers rarely call her name. But when a man with a reputation sharp as his smile and eyes that hold too many secrets asks for a dance, she makes a single mistake-she says yes. Lord Sylas Draven Mourcade is many things-charming, infamous, untouchable-but never careless. Yet when Seraphina saves his life with a power she barely understands, a bond is forged in blood, binding them in ways neither of them can escape. But the court does not forgive so easily. There are forces in the empire that move unseen, hands that guide fate with quiet, merciless intent. And Seraphina and Sylas, now bound by something far greater than chance, have just stepped onto a path that was never meant for them. She was never meant to be part of this world. He was never meant to want more. But the dance has already begun. And in the end, all that will be left is ashes.
Chapter 1
