BALarkwood
Every monster has an origin. Every legend has a lie.
For as long as Aurelia Valenti can remember, she has lived between two worlds.
To humanity, she is ordinary.
To the Bloodbound Syndicate-the secret organization that has kept the supernatural world hidden for centuries-she is the trusted mediator who prevents ancient rivalries from becoming bloody wars.
When the Syndicate's enigmatic leader, Lucien Vale, dies under mysterious circumstances, Aurelia is left with one final gift: a letter, a hidden archive, and a trail of forgotten history someone has spent centuries trying to erase.
As powerful clans battle for control of the Syndicate, Aurelia is drawn into a conspiracy older than vampires, witches, werewolves, and every bloodline that claims to know the world's beginnings. The deeper she searches, the more she realizes that monsters were never the greatest danger.
The truth is.
With enemies closing in from every side and a mysterious woman whose motives are as dangerous as they are impossible to ignore, Aurelia must decide who deserves her trust before the past rewrites the future.
Because some secrets were buried for a reason.
And some bloodlines were never meant to be remembered.
The Bloodbound Syndicate is a dark fantasy filled with ancient secrets, supernatural politics, forbidden history, slow-burn enemies-to-lovers romance, morally gray characters, and the haunting question:
What if the monsters were never born... but made?
BOOK TWO IS COMING
The story doesn't end here.
Book Two - The Bloodbound Vindication - is officially confirmed and writing has begun.
The Trials may be over...
But the story is far from finished.