Overview
The bond that keeps them alive may be the very thing that destroys them.
After surviving the blood-soaked depth of the Drowning Foundry, assassin Vespera Thorne and underworld king Ryker Vance are bound by an unbreakable blood contract. Linked heartbeat to heartbeat, their survival is an agonizing, shared equation: if one bleeds out, the other falters; if one's pulse stops, both perish.
As they navigate the lethal opulence of the Velvet Galleries, the line between strategic alliance and intoxicating obsession blurs. But the high-born nobility of the Spires play a far more sinister game than street gangs ever could. Lord Chancellor Malakor and his shadowy High Council have turned the city's infrastructure into a parasitic siphon, feeding off the lower tiers with The Bleed-a toxic, bioluminescent alchemical fluid designed to docilize the populace and grant absolute power to the ruling elite.
To dismantle the High Council's reign, Vespera and Ryker must stage a deadly performance of betrayal, feigning a fractured bond while plunging headlong into the subterranean horrors of the Iron Aquifer. Armed with Vespera's mutated psychometric sight and Ryker's terrifying kinetic magic, they strike at the heart of the city's engine.
Yet, as the city burns and ancient royal secrets unravel from the depths of forgotten vaults, a terrifying truth emerges: The Bleed isn't just a poison-it's a living circuit. And saving the Spires requires a sacrifice far greater than either of them anticipated.
In a world built on shattered glass and liquid lies, how much of your soul can you pour into another before you both consume each other?
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9798162726739
- ISBN-10: 9798162726739
- Publisher: Independently Published
- Publish Date: October 2026
- Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.16 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.26 pounds
- Page Count: 78
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