Bound by Shadow

He came to steal her inheritance. He wasn’t supposed to fall for the woman wearing it.Lena spent thirteen years pretending she couldn’t see the shadows move.Pretending the darkness didn’t whisper her name. Pretending she was normal. But when her grandmother dies and leaves behind a cottage full of secrets-and a pendant carved from obsidian that pulses like a heartbeat-the lies she’s told herself start to unravel.Then he shows up.Tall. Lethal. Dressed in black with silver eyes that see straight through her. Kael is a four-hundred-year-old shadow-weaver sent by his Council to retrieve the ancient relic now bonded to Lena’s soul-by any means necessary. His orders are simple: take the pendant, erase the girl.But the moment their magic touches, everything changes.Because Lena isn’t just some human who stumbled into a war between realms. She’s a Guardian-the chosen heir to a power that could either heal the failing barrier between worlds or shatter it forever. And Kael? He’s supposed to be her enemy.Instead, he becomes the only thing standing between her and the void.Hunted by Council assassins and void-worshipping cultists, Lena and Kael flee into a realm of shadow and starlight, where ancient prophecies speak of a love that could remake reality itself. But Kael is hiding something-a report, an order, a duty that demands he choose between the Council he’s served for centuries and the woman who’s becoming his entire world.When the truth comes out, it could destroy them both.Some inheritances come with a price.Some bonds are written in shadow.And some loves are powerful enough to heal what duty tore apart.An open door/ low spice romantasy. Perfect for fans of swoony shadow daddies, reluctant chosen ones, and romance so intense it bends reality.This is the expanded edition of Bound by Shadow, originally published 2025. This version includes new chapters, revised prose, and a new epilogue.