Vow of Ash: A Black Syndicate Dark Romantasy Novel

Shai Riven doesn't break vows - she breaks the ones that were never freely chosen.In a city stitched shut by coercive magic and the Veil's iron law, she survives by cutting people out of cages before the cages close.Then a midnight extraction goes wrong. A dying courier drops a forbidden Null Choir ledger into her hands...and the Veil floods the alley to erase everyone who saw it.Silas Kade steps out of the dark like a verdict. Shadow lord. Sanctuary keeper. Monster in a tailored coat. He doesn't offer rescue. He offers a choice: follow him into a warded estate-or die there.Thirty days of sanctuary. Thirty days of being bound to the very man whose world destroyed her brother. And thirty days fighting a corruption that wants to end consent in Vesper forever.The problem is this: Silas doesn't just want Shai safe.He wants her mine-but only on terms she chooses.