THE BALLAD OF BLOOD AND BETRAYAL
The Ballad of Blood & Betrayal
"A love carved from war. A bond forged in ruin. A betrayal written in blood."
Nightingale Ambrose was never a princess-only a weapon. Raised in a kingdom where cruelty is survival and love is weakness, she's spent years tearing through enemy lines, leaving nothing but silk ribbons and death in her wake. But when she is ordered to steal the Cangyan Seal Key-the one thing keeping Alessio from obliterating her kingdom-she makes a choice. She lets herself be caught.
Zayn Alessio, the ruthless heir to the throne, has spent years chasing a ghost. She's haunted his borders, his nightmares, and his kingdom, slipping through his grasp like a shadow. This time, she's his. And he will ruin her. Break her. Make her beg.
But Nightingale didn't come to surrender. She came to destroy. And when he finally lets down his guard-when he falls-she carves her dagger into his back and whispers a goodbye against his lips.
Now, Zayn is no longer a prince. He is a man obsessed. With love. With desperation. With the memory of the girl who bled him dry and left him to die.
And now-after betrayal, after a kiss that tasted like both damnation and salvation-does Zayn give up? Or does he rise, love-drunk and relentless?
Because betrayal doesn't stop princes like him. Not this one.
When the dust settles, only one endgame remains: they belong to each other.
