The Serpents Tongue

Beneath a kingdom where shadows whisper and serpents are worshipped as gods, truth is more dangerous than any blade.

When a disgraced royal guard is ordered to hunt down a notorious serpent-touched sorcerer, he expects a monster. Ruthless. Inhuman. Worthy of execution.
What he finds instead is a man with venom in his smile, secrets in his blood-and a gaze that lingers far too long.

Bound by fate and forced into an uneasy alliance, the two are drawn into a web of ancient magic, cursed bloodlines, and a power that could either save their world... or devour it whole. Trust is a risk neither can afford. Desire is a weakness neither can survive.

But the closer they get to the truth, the harder it becomes to tell where hatred ends-and something far more dangerous begins.

In a world where love can be lethal and every promise tastes like poison, surrendering to each other may be the deadliest choice of all.