To Break A Mirror: Dark Shadow Prince Corrupted Bond Romance: 2

The bond saved them once. Now it may become the doorway that destroys them. Caitlin Young is no longer the broken girl who feared the shadows. She is the Sovereign Anchor, the woman who claimed her place beside the Shadow Prince and held the mountain together with mercury, blood, and will. But power has a cost. Every surge of the Bedrock Lock turns more of her body to silver. Every tremor in the palace chills her marrow. Every heartbeat from the mountain reminds her that the throne does not see her as a ruler. It sees her as a mechanism. Prince Khelben has sacrificed flesh, breath, and bone to stand at Caitlin's side. His curse is spreading, turning his body to cracked marble while the court watches for weakness. He wants to protect her from the Council's predatory laws, but Caitlin refuses to trade one cage for another, even if that cage is built from love. Then the entity beneath the palace learns to speak. It whispers through their bond. It wears their voices. It mimics tenderness, fear, and desire, turning their connection into a battlefield neither of them can fully trust. High Lady Vesper is waiting in the Malakor Archives with ancient records, redacted histories, and a truth sharp enough to fracture the co-regency. The fated bond between Caitlin and Khelben was never destiny. It was engineered as a containment protocol, a beautiful trap built to keep the darkness locked beneath the throne. Now the Council demands a Purity Test that could strip Caitlin of her power, her mind, and her soul. To survive, Caitlin must master the mountain's lethal grammar before it finishes claiming her body. Khelben must learn that love cannot mean control, even when letting go may cost him everything. Because the lock is failing. The shadows are learning. And the throne has always demanded a sacrifice. A dark shadow prince corrupted bond romance with a cursed throne, ancient blood-debts, court betrayal, dangerous devotion, and a heroine who refuses to become the mountain's next offering.

Pages: 396, Paperback, Independently published