Anchored by Death

The bullet meant for S-rank heir Cade tore through the air—until Mika Lin threw herself between them, and a forbidden contract burned to life beneath her skin: if she dies, he dies. Mocked as the city’s weakest C-rank Anchor, Mika is now the only person keeping the arrogant combat genius alive—and every wound she suffers weakens him too. Cade’s family wants her locked away as a living insurance policy, while his jealous fiancée wants her erased, yet the man who once despised her keeps returning to shield her with his own body. As Mika’s forgotten relic reveals a link between her missing parents, the deaths of the first bonded fighters, and the Tribunal’s deleted records, she must grow stronger before the truth buries them both. Will Mika break the contract and escape Cade—or risk everything to uncover why their bond was created in the first place?