The Heartlock Heir

Tessa Rook was cutting a dying stranger free from a black-market operating table when his magic heart locked onto hers. If Cael Arden dies, she dies with him—and the city shield begins to fail. Now the sharp-tongued street fixer is chained to a bleeding, dangerously powerful man who still gives orders like a king. They have seven days to escape the hunters, share one volatile heartbeat, and keep Cael’s power from tearing the city apart. But Cael is hiding that he’s the missing heir behind the shield authority—and Tessa discovers he may be the man responsible for her mother’s death. Will Tessa use the forbidden spell to sever their heartlock… or trust the enemy whose death could destroy them all?