"SOME BONDS ONLY SHARPEN WITH DEATH." The Dawnsworn raised Ruik to be loyal. They branded him a traitor instead. Exiled and hunted, he is guided by that which he swore to kill-Rivulet-a vampire awakened by the taste of his blood. A relic whispers his name. A goddess watches with quiet hunger. The Veil calls to him once more. Obsession pulls at his soul-but choice burns in his heart. Rivulet sees the man Ruik was... and the god he could become. Power could save their fractured world. It could also unmake it. To protect her, Ruik may have to embrace the very thing that once broke him. And some bonds are not meant to be tamed.
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