AZHARA’S VESSEL - B.2 Descent (Early Access)

T. Grey Smith 13 stories

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Summary

They made her a weapon. She became a wildfire. Leila was trained to kill—an elite assassin with shadow magic in her blood and twin blades at her side. But when she disobeys her final order to spare a child, she becomes the target of the empire she once served. Her escape into the desert should have meant freedom. Instead, it awakens something far more dangerous: ancient magic, burning and alive beneath her skin. Now hunted by a tyrant who craves her power, a secret court that engineered her bloodline, and a scarred mercenary whose touch stirs forbidden desire, Leila must choose between the fate they planned—and the future she’ll carve for herself in blood and flame. The Shadowborne is a scorching dark fantasy romance brimming with knife-edged desire, deadly betrayals, ritual magic, and a heroine who refuses to be controlled.