Ash Ledger: Blood Bound Soldier

Mara Venn’s knife is at Rowan Vale’s throat when the ancient war ledger brands them with the same burning mark. If he kills the enemy scout, the curse will kill him first. Rowan was only a penniless battlefield clerk—until the forbidden ledger began turning every wound, oath, and victory into terrifying power. Now military police are hunting them through a collapsing fortress, while Mara, the enemy he should betray, may be the only person who can keep him alive. But somewhere beyond the siege, March Steward Ilan Voss is sacrificing the entire border to awaken something buried beneath it. Rowan must choose: hand Mara over and face certain death, or protect her, defy the army, and become the commander of a war no one is meant to survive.