The Warden's Stolen Oath

The memory extractor is already descending toward Mara Vale’s skull when the border warden who once chained her steps between her and death. Dorian Rusk offers her one way out: sign a seven-day oath with the man she hates most—or let the tribunal erase the truth forever. The oath binds their bodies as tightly as their fates, forcing Dorian to feel every wound Mara takes, and Mara to endure his guarded thoughts, forbidden dreams, and ruthless protection. As they hunt the memory shard stolen from her past, Mara discovers she isn’t a traitor at all—but the lost heir who can awaken an army buried beneath the city. And behind the tribunal’s polite laws, Calder Vane is rewriting bloodlines, memories, and the kingdom itself. When the crown orders Dorian to deliver Mara to her execution, will he obey his king—or break the oath and wake the dead army at her command?