The Brass Blood Oath

The brass sigil seared into Mara Voss’s chest starts counting down—twenty-four hours until it burns her alive. The only man who can stop it is Cain Rook, the enforcer who once dragged her brother away. Now the city’s most wanted gear-mage is chained by magic to the cold-blooded lawman she hates. Every wound, heartbeat, and forbidden surge passes between them, and Cain’s touch is the only thing keeping the power in her blood from destroying her. Framed for stealing the city’s energy core, Mara must use their bond to expose the Council—before its assassins silence them both. But as the sigil devours her memories and Cain’s hidden bloodline comes to light, Mara must choose: trust the man who ruined her family, or let the countdown take her—and the entire city—with her?