Prologue: Promised to the Vampire King
Promised to the vampire king
Mara spent her life hidden in the mortal world—just another foster kid with a past she’d rather forget and powers she never asked for. A runaway by sixteen, she was captured by vampires who offered her one cruel mercy: serve their kingdom or die by it.
Now, at twenty-one, she owes a debt she can’t escape.
Her life belongs to Valen, the ruthless Vampire King—cold, commanding, and feared by every creature in the night. Mara’s new job? Clean up supernatural messes and obey anything he desires… even when those desires turn dangerously intimate.
Mara hates him.
Valen barely notices her.
Until her birthday changes everything.
On the night she turns twenty-one, Mara’s blood ignites with ancient power—blood magic and shadows answering a call buried deep in her bones. Valen is the first to feel it. The forbidden heir to his throne has awakened… and she’s been in his palace all along.
Her parents were the last King and Queen.
Their child should have died with them.
Now the court that murdered her family will do anything to finish the job.
He is her enemy.
She is his rightful queen.
And fate just forced them onto the same side of a war that wants them dead.
One crown.
One forbidden bond.
And a promise that could destroy them both.
