a Dance of Blades

A deadly spy has one mission: infiltrate the rival kingdom's royal court and earn her way into the annual royal ball. Her ultimate goal is to poison the king and bring down a dangerous regime, but the path is anything but simple. The court is a web of intrigue, secrets, and hidden dangers, and the kingdom's heir, sharp, unpredictable, and disarmingly charming, keeps crossing her path. Every glance, every word, every step is a gamble. One mistake could cost her mission, or her life. As she navigates deception, political machinations, and forbidden desire, she must decide what she is willing to risk, and whether the heart can ever be trusted when poison and passion collide.
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Sneak Peak:
I groaned as she bit down on my lower lip, the soft sting pulling a sound out of me I didn't recognize. Her pink mouth moved down along my jawline, slow and deliberate, each kiss blurring thought into sensation. For a moment, that was all I wanted, to stop thinking. To let touch drown everything else out.
My hands found their way up the back of her head, fingers knotting into her hair. The tension I'd been carrying all week seemed to pour out through my grip, through every shaky breath. "Fuck, Eira, you're good," I gasped, half a moan, half a prayer.
She froze...