Bound by Blood & Starlight

A peace treaty written in ink can be torn apart. A peace treaty forged in soulfire can tear you apart.

Kael Darion is the oathsmith the court buried and the mountains kept—until a wounded fire-mage stumbles into his forge with an order he can’t ignore. Seris Alwen brings him back to Velmire, where a ruthless queen demands an oathblade powerful enough to end a continent’s war… and threatens the one life Kael can’t sacrifice to make it.

Forging living vows means blood has memory, magic holds grudges, and every hidden motive leaves a scorch mark in steel. As Kael and Seris descend into sanctums of iron and secrets, they uncover a second vow being carved beneath the first—one meant to turn “peace” into control. To survive the court’s traps, they must do the one thing both were trained not to do: trust.

But the closer the blade comes to completion, the hotter the truth burns—about the queen’s bargain, the traitor watching the forge, and the dangerous pull between fire and steel. In a kingdom where promises are weapons, Kael and Seris have one chance to forge an oath that can’t be rewritten… without letting it consume them.