Blood Oath

Blood Oath

In the kingdom of Velmora, magic is forbidden.

Stella Voss is the crown princess-feared, elegant, and perfectly trained to obey the crown. Raised within golden walls and strict expectations, she has spent her life believing magic is dangerous and rebels deserve to die.

Her greatest enemy is Blair Vale.

A shadow witch. A rebel. A name whispered like a curse.

Blair is known for her ruthlessness, her defiance against the throne, and the chaos she leaves behind. Stella has hunted her for years, convinced Blair is responsible for her brother's death.

They are supposed to destroy each other.

But during Blair's public execution, something goes terribly wrong.

Ancient blood magic is awakened, binding their lives together with an oath neither of them understands.

If one dies, the other dies too.

Forced into an uneasy alliance, Stella and Blair must travel together to break the bond before the kingdom discovers what happened.

And that's where everything begins to unravel.

Stella is the first to feel it.

Not love.

At first, it's irritation.

Then curiosity.

Then something far more dangerous.

She starts noticing everything-Blair's sharp tongue, the way her magic curls around her fingers, the way she looks at Stella like she sees through every carefully built wall.

And Stella hates it.

Because Blair is everything she was raised to fear.

Every time Stella feels herself slipping, she pushes harder-becoming colder, crueler, more distant.

But Blair notices.

And Blair enjoys every second of it.

She pushes. Teases. Provokes.

Watching Stella lose control piece by piece.

Because beneath Stella's perfect mask, Blair sees the cracks.

And Stella knows it.

Worse, she can't stop thinking about her.

But loving Blair would mean destroying everything Stella has ever known: