The Queen’s Guard’s Secret Vow

He is bound by a sacred oath to protect her. She is the queen whose life he shattered. In a realm stalked by the shadows of a rebellion, Queen's Guard Torren Vahl is a man shackled by his past. His greatest failure: a betrayal that cost Ysmeine, the sharp-tongued Heir of Vyrnhold, her trust and nearly her life. Now, a sorcerer's curse has unleashed an army of specters, forcing them into a magical pact.
Each night, they are sealed together in a single chamber-a beautiful, agonizing torture. He is her shield. Her jailer. Her betrayer. Trapped within the ancient stone walls, the air crackles with more than just magic. It's a battlefield of barbed words and forbidden desire. Ysmeine, a queen in waiting, wields her pain like a weapon, determined to make her captor pay for his sins. But the forced proximity awakens a savage, carnal hunger that neither can deny.
Every lingering glance is a spark, every accidental touch a blaze that threatens to consume them both in a wildfire of passion. The magical wards may protect her from the assassins that move like shadows, but nothing can protect them from each other. As the rebellion closes in and the specters grow bolder, the line between duty and desire blurs into a single, desperate need. Can they survive the curse that haunts their kingdom, or will the ghosts of their past prove more lethal than any blade? In a world where every touch is a taboo and every word is a trap, they must confront the ultimate choice: surrender to their enemies, or surrender to each other.
This is not a story of gentle love. It is a tale of savage passion and brutal truths, where the only thing more dangerous than the specters at the door is the agonizing, thrilling, and undeniable urge for the one person you can never have.