By sunrise, the people of Vale have forgotten the word no.
The Bell of Accord has rung twice, filling an entire kingdom with the same memories and transforming every disagreement into obedience. Citizens march together. Enemies accept the same peace. Every voice waits for Queen Elara to issue the command that will make their submission permanent.
But peace without the right to refuse is only another kind of war.
The Bell has chosen Elara as its First Voice, offering her the power to end conflict forever. To resist it, she must recover seven forgotten acts of defiance before the third ring crosses every border.
At her side stands Lucien, the once-deathless king whose failing heart makes him dangerously unpredictable-and one of the few people the Bell cannot completely control. But when its magic connects his heart to thousands of innocent lives, saving him may require Elara to become the ruler they have both sworn to oppose.
With Liora guarding the divided Key and Cassian trapped within the Bell's memories, Elara and Lucien must confront the truth behind the kingdom's perfect peace. Meanwhile, the Sword is awakening in the north, the Mask is moving toward it, and every magical vessel is beginning to answer the Bell's call.
To save their kingdom, Elara and Lucien must prove that love does not require agreement-and that freedom means nothing without the power to say no.
A Bell for the Silent Kingdom is Book Three of The Deathless Vows, a dark gothic fantasy-romance series filled with cursed royalty, dangerous magic, forbidden power and a love that refuses to become another prison.
The series is best read in order.