A dark fantasy romance full of tension, power, and an undeniable bond.
He was sent to end her. The bond started before he could.
She was never meant to exist-now she's the one thing no one can control.
Lyra was supposed to be a problem the court could eliminate.
Instead, she's something they don't understand-something they didn't plan for, something they cannot contain.
When Kael is sent to deal with her, the outcome should have been simple.
It isn't.
Because the moment he steps into her presence, something shifts-fast, instinctive, irreversible. Not assigned. Not approved. And definitely not something the court will allow.
The deeper Lyra is pulled into a system built on control, the clearer it becomes: she isn't unstable. She isn't broken.
She is Vethara-the dark made willing.
And whatever that means, it changes everything. For her. For him. For the court that now has to decide whether to study her... or survive her.
Because what's forming between them isn't weakening. It isn't fading. And it isn't something either of them can pretend not to feel.
Some things aren't meant to exist.
Some things aren't meant to be stopped.
Perfect for readers who enjoy dark fantasy romance, enemies-to-lovers tension, slow-burn connection, and dangerous, evolving power.