The Ember Under My Skin: Warbound Contract

Eli Quill is halfway through a locked-down delivery when the sealed case splits open—and a bloodied heiress wakes in his arms. Before the drones can tear them apart, forbidden scarlet fire erupts from his chest and devours every war machine in sight. Sera Vale should be his enemy, but she offers him a ruthless bargain: help her reclaim control of her family’s private army, and she’ll recover the memories stolen from his past. Every battle brings back another fragment—and every heated clash pulls them closer, even as Eli discovers he may be the living weapon that destroyed a city ten years ago. Then, before the Vale family’s judgment court, Eli awakens a sleeping war machine—and every noble drops to their knees at the name he no longer remembers. Will he reclaim his past… or become the monster they’ve been waiting to fear?